“The breeding-season I should say was from the beginning of April to the end of May.

“Three nests, each containing three eggs, were brought to me this season on the 10th and 26th April, and 9th May, 1880, by Cooroobahs (the jungle-tribes in these forests); and although the eggs in each nest vary considerably from one another, there is no doubt in my mind that the eggs belong to one and the same species of bird.

“It is a bird so well known in these forests that it would be impossible to mistake it for any other.

“In one case only was the nest brought to me, and this, which unfortunately I did not keep, was loosely made of twigs and roots.”

Professor H. Littledale, quoting Mr. J. Davidson, informs us that this species breeds in the east of Godhra, and therefore probably throughout the Panch Mehals.

Mr. J. Inglis, writing from Cachar, says:—­“The Bhimraj is very common, frequenting thick jungle; it often goes in company with other birds, which it mimics to perfection.  It lays about four eggs in a shallow nest made of grass similar to the above; it is very easily tamed.  The hill-tribes use the long tail-feathers for ornamenting their head-dresses.”

Mr. Oates writes from Pegu:—­“I have taken the eggs of this species on all dates, from the 30th April to the 16th June.

“The nest is placed in forks of the outer branches of trees at all heights from 20 to 70 feet, and in all cases they are very difficult to take without breaking the eggs.

“The nest is a cradle, and the whole of it lies below the fork to which it is attached.  It is made entirely of small branches of weeds and creepers, finer as they approach the interior.  The egg-cup is generally, but not always, lined with dry grass.

“The outside dimensions are 6 inches in diameter and 3 deep.  The interior measures 4 inches by 2.  In one nest the sides are bound to the fork by cotton thread in addition to the usual weeds and creepers.

“The eggs have very little or no gloss, and differ among themselves a good deal in colour.  In one clutch the ground-colour is white, spotted and blotched, not very thickly, with neutral tint and inky purple, chiefly at the larger end.  Other eggs are pinkish salmon, and the shell is more or less thickly or thinly covered with pale greyish purple or neutral tint, and brownish-yellow or orangebrown spots and dashes.

“They vary in size from 1.2 to 1.06 in length, and .85 to .8 in breadth.”

Major C.T.  Bingham has the following note:—­“About five miles below the large village of Meplay, in the district of that name, the main stream of the Meplay river is joined by a tributary, the Theedoquee.  On the 4th April I was wading across the mouth of the latter, when my attention was attracted by seeing a pair of the above birds dart from a small tree growing at the very point of the fork where the streams met, and sweep down at my dog, not actually striking him,