and round the rim of the mouth of the pocket.  The nest is altogether about. 6 inches long and about 3 inches in diameter at its broadest; the lower edge of the aperture into the pocket is 2 inches from the bottom of the nest, and the aperture is about 2 inches wide.  It is altogether one of the loveliest nests I have ever seen:  but I cannot feel certain that the nest really belongs to this species; for I have had a precisely similar nest, also found in Sikhim, on the 20th May, similarly suspended at a height of about 5 feet from the ground, sent me as belonging to another species of Abrornis; and though Mr. Mandelli is usually right, I think the matter requires further confirmation.

440.  Abrornis superciliaris, Tick. The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher-Warbler.

Abrornis flaviventris, Jerd.  B. Ind. ii, p. 203.

Writing from Tenasserim, Major T.C.  Bingham says:—­

“I have shot this bird on the Zammee choung, where I got a nest with eggs; and I have more than once seen it in the Thoungyeen forests.

“The following is an account of the nest I found, recorded in my note-book:—­

“Khasat village—­Khasat choung, Zammee river, 9th March, 1878.—­My camp to-day was pitched in the midst of a dense bamboo-break, close to a path leading to the village.

“About ten feet from my tent on this path, passers-by had cut one of the bamboos in a clump and left it leaning up against the clump; between two knots of this a rough hack had broken an irregular hole into a joint.

“Sitting outside my tent and looking carelessly about, my attention was attracted by what I took to be a leaf flutter down close to the above-mentioned bamboo, and to my surprise disappear before it reached the ground.  Wondering at this, I got up and approached the place, when from the aforementioned hole in the bamboo out darted a little bird; and looking in I saw a neat little nest of fibres placed on the lower knot with three eggs, white densely speckled, chiefly in a ring at the larger end, with pinkish claret spots.

“I went back to my tent, watched the bird return, and shot her as on being frightened off she flew out a second time.  It proved to be the above species.

“I took the nest and eggs.  The latter, I regret to say, were lost subsequently through the carelessness of a servant, but I had luckily measured and taken a description of them.

“Their dimensions were respectively 0.57 x 0.42, 0.59 x 0.42, and 0.59 x 0.44.”

From Sikhim Mr. Gammie writes:—­“I took a nest of this Warbler on the 15th June at 1800 feet elevation.  It was inside a bamboo-stem near the banks of the Ryeng stream.  Just under a node some one had cut out a notch, which the birds made their entrance.  The nest rested on the node below and fitted the hollow of the bamboo.  It was made of dry bamboo-leaves, and lined with soft, fibrous material.  It measured 5 inches deep and 3 inches wide, with an egg cavity of 2 inches in depth, by 13/4 inch in width.  The eggs, which were hard-set, were but three in number.”