Dr. Jerdon notes that he “procured a nest at Saugor from a high branch of a banian tree in cantonments.  It was situated between the forks of a branch, made of fine roots and grass, with some hair and a feather or two internally, and suspended by a long roll of cloth about three quarters of an inch wide, which it must have pilfered from a neighbouring verandah where a tailor worked.  This strip was wound round each limb of the fork, then passed round the nest beneath, fixed to the other limb, and again brought round the nest to the opposite side; there were four or five of these supports on either side.  It was indeed a most curious nest, and so securely fixed that it could not have been removed till the supporting bands had been cut or rotted away.  The eggs were white, with a few dark claret-coloured spots.”

Major Wardlaw Ramsay says, writing from Afghanistan:—­“At Shalofyan, in the Kurrum valley, in June, I found them in great numbers:  some were breeding; but as I saw quite young birds, it is probable that the nesting-season was nearly over.”

Colonel Butler contributes the following note:—­“The Indian Oriole breeds in the neighbourhood of Deesa in the months of May, June, and July.  I took nests on the following dates:—­

“24th May, 1876.  A nest containing 1 fresh egg. 29th " " " " 3 fresh eggs. 12th June " " " 2 much incubated eggs. 12th " " " " 3 fresh eggs. 13th " " " " 2 " 19th " " " " 3 " 29th " " " " 2 " 29th " " " " 2 " 29th " " " " 3 " 3rd July " " " 2 " 6th " " " " 3 " 30th " " " " 2 "

“The nest found on the 24th May was suspended from a small fork of a neem-tree about ten feet from the ground, and was very neatly built of dry grass (fine interiorly, coarse exteriorly), old rags, and cotton (woven, not raw).  The rim was firmly bound to the branches of the fork with rags and coarse blades of dry grass.  It is an easy nest to find when the birds are building, as both birds are always together and keep constantly flying to and from the nest with materials for building.  The cock, as before mentioned, always accompanies the hen to and from the nest whilst she is building; but I do not think he assists in its construction, as I never saw him carrying any of the materials, neither have I ever seen him on the nest.  On the contrary, whilst the hen is at the nest building he is generally waiting for her, either on the same tree or else on another close by, occasionally uttering his well-known rich mellow note.  On the 29th May I sent a boy up a tree to examine a nest.  The hen bird had been sitting for a week, and was on the nest when the boy ascended the tree.  The cock bird flew past, and being a brilliant specimen I shot him, thinking of course that the nest contained