NIDIFICATION 
This species breeds in Jane, July, and August, laying its eggs in a hole 
in a rotten tree, or in one which has been previously excavated by the Yel¬ 
low Fronted Barbet, or Red Woodpecker. It often nests in the sugar or Klt- 
tool palm, and in one of these trees in the Peak forest I took its eggs in 
the month of August. There was an absence of all nest or lining at the 
bottom of the hole, the eggs, which were two in number, being deposited on 
the bare wood. The female was sitting at the time, and was being brought 
fruit and berries by the male bird. While the eggs were being taken the 
birds flew round repeatedly, and settled in an adjacent tree, keeping up a 
loud whistling. 
The eggs are obtuse ended ovals, of a pale greenish blue ground colour, 
one being much paler than the other, sparingly dotted with large and small 
spots of lilac grey, and blotched over this with a few neutral brown and se¬ 
pia blots. 
They measure from 1.3 to 1.32 inches in length, by .96 to .99 in breadth. 
The larger figure in the drawing is that of a low country female bird 
shot in the Kuruwite Korale. 
