Mr. T. Fulton Bourdillon records the finding of eggs on the following dates:—­

“April 29, 1873.  Two hard-set eggs. 
May   15, 1873.  Three  "      "
May   15, 1874.  One fresh egg. 
May   30, 1874.  Two slightly set eggs.”

Col.  Butler sent me a splendid nest of this species taken in the cliffs at Purandhur, 15 miles south of Poona.  It was placed in the angle between two rocks; it measures in front 7 inches wide, and 1.5 in. high; posteriorly it slopes away into an obtuse angle fitting the crevice in which it was deposited; the cavity is 4 in. in diameter, perfectly circular, and 2.25 in depth.  The compactness of the nest is such that it might be thrown about without being damaged.  It is composed throughout of fine black roots, only a stray piece or two of light coloured grass being intermixed, and the whole basal portion is cemented together with mud.

He gives the following account of the mode in which he acquired it:—­

“I got this nest in rather a singular way which is perhaps worth relating.  At a dance last year in Karachi, in a short conversation I had with Colonel Renny, who was then commanding the Artillery in Sind, he mentioned that he had three Blue-winged Thrushes in his house that he had procured at Purandhur the year before.  The following day I went over to his bungalow, and after inspecting them and satisfying myself of their identity, ascertained from him where the nest they were taken from was situated and the season at which it was found.  Possessed with this information I wrote in May to the Staff Officer at Purandhur, and told him where and when the bird built and asked him if he would kindly assist me in procuring the eggs.  In reply I received a very polite letter saying ’that he knew nothing about eggs or birds himself, but that he would be most happy to offer me any assistance in his power in procuring the eggs referred to, and that he would employ a shikarri to keep the hill-side that I had mentioned watched when the breeding-season arrived.’  I wrote and thanked him, sending him at the same time a drill and blowpipe by post, with full instructions how to blow the eggs, in case he got any; and to my delight, at the end of July a bhanghy parcel arrived one morning with the nest and eggs above described.

“Colonel Renny told me that the birds built on this cliff-side every monsoon.”

Mr. E. Aitken has furnished me with the following note:—­

“Of this bird I have seen two nests—­one containing two hard-set eggs on April 29, 1872, situated in a hole in a tree overhanging a stream about 20 feet from the ground; the other containing three hard-set eggs on May 22nd, 1872, and situated on a ledge of rock in the bed of a stream; both the nests were rather coarsely made of roots.  My brother says he has also found three other nests, two placed in holes of trees and the other on a rocky ledge, but the nests were in every case near to running water.  The bird stays with us all the year, and is one of our commonest species.  Its clear whistle is always to be heard the first thing in the morning before the other birds get up, and daring the violent rains of the S.W. monsoon it seems almost the only bird which does not lose heart at the incessant downpour.  April and May appear to be the breeding months.”