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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1921 
At Tibiao a nest of the tailor bird, containing two fresh eggs, 
was found on May 15. The nest is composed of soft cottony and 
silklike fibers with a few bits of fine grass on the outside. It 
is fastened to and suspended among three leaves; the leaves 
are fastened to it in the classical tailor bird way by means of 
threadlike fibers. The nest is 6 centimeters deep and about the 
same in diameter. 
The eggshells are smooth, white, and glossy. The markings 
are rather numerous dots and small blotches of liver brown to 
chestnut brown. Undershell markings are numerous and nearly 
as distinct as those on the surface. The markings are more 
numerous on the larger half of the shell, but do not form a dis- 
tinct zone. The measurements of the eggs in millimeters are 
16.0 by 11.2 and 17.2 by 12.0. 
Cisticola exilis (Vigors and Horsfield). 
This species was noted at Tibiao and at Culasi and on Batbatan 
and Maralison Islands. 
A nest of Cisticola exilis, containing three fresh eggs, was 
found near Culasi on June 20. It was supported among large 
grass stems. It is composed of a loosely felted mass of the soft 
hairy spikelets of cogon ( Imperata ) ; on the outside are a few 
grass leaves and several large broad leaves; the latter are fas- 
tened together and held against the nest by means of threadlike 
fibers, which pass through holes in the leaves in the same manner 
as in the nests of tailor birds. The nest is about 8 centimeters 
deep and 6 centimeters in diameter, outside measurements. 
The eggshell is smooth and very slightly glossy. The ground 
color is uniformly pale Nile blue. Most of the markings are 
rather large, somewhat irregular spots, mostly near the larger 
end of the shell, but without indication of a zone. The smaller 
markings are scattered spots and pin-point dots. All of the 
surface markings are liver brown to chestnut brown, the under- 
shell markings are lighter brown. The measurements of the 
eggs in millimeters are 16.0 by 11.8, 15.7 by 12.1, and 15.7 by 
12 . 0 . 
Megalurus tweeddalei McGregor. 
Megalurus ruficeps Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898) 240, pi. 5, 
fig. 7 (egg) . 
This species was seen near Tibiao on May 9, and a young bird 
was collected at Culasi on May 26. 
