c linp to a tuft of lichen with which the trunk was covered. So closely did 
the little bird squat, that I had some difficulty In seeing It when I reach¬ 
ed the spot; when I disturbed It I was surprised to see It dash away into 
the jungle with a strong flight, though only a tiny chicken. 
As old birds most frequently take to thick bushes when disturbed by dogs, 
from which I have shot then, I expect it is a constant habit of the young 
to do so. 
The eggs In the nest mentioned were of a uniform cream colour, and one of 
them was covered with small, white, polished, calcareous specks, similar to 
those often seen on hens’eggs. They were rather broad ovals in shape, mea¬ 
suring 1.42 and 1.43 inches in length, by 1.12 and 1.12 in breadth respec¬ 
tively. 
The figures in the drawing are those of a male and female from the South¬ 
ern Province. 
