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The nests that I have seen have been invariably placed at a
considerable height from the ground in the fork of a branch, most
commonly, I think, a mango-tree, though I have occasionally
noticed them in other trees.

The nest is a small moderately deep cup, with an internal cavity
about 1*7 inch to 1*9 in diameter, and nearly an inch in depth.
The sides of the nest are about f inch thick, and the thickness of
the bottom of the nest varies according to the shape of the fork
chosen, whether obtuse or acute-angled. In the former case the
bottom of the nest is sometimes not above | inch in depth. In
the latter case, it is sometimes as much as an inch in thickness.
It is composed of very fine, needle-like twigs (with at times here
and there a few feathers) carefully boimcl together externally with
cobwebs, and coated with small pieces of bark or dead leaves, or
both, so that looked at from below with the naked eye it is im-
possible to distinguish it from one of the many little excrescences
so common, especially on mango-trees. There appears to be rarely
any regular lining, a very little down and cobwebs forming the only
bed for the eggs, and even this is often wanting. Sometimes a
few tiny dead leaves or a little lichen will be found incorporated
in the nest, and occasionally, but rarely, fine grass-stems take the
place of very slender twigs.

Three is, I believe, the normal number of the eggs. I extract a
couple of old notes I made in regard to the nests of this species :—
"August 5tk.—Took three eggs of this bird, shooting the two old
birds at the same time. The tree was a mango, the nest was in
the fork of a branch, some 40 feet from the ground, built interiorly
with very small twigs, with here and there a very few feathers
intermixed, and was exteriorly coated with fine flakes of bark held
in their place by gossamer threads. It was cup-shaped, with an
interior diameter of 1| by | inch.

"The eggs had a slightly greenish-white ground, thickly spotted
and speckled, and towards the larger end blotched, with some-
what brownish red ; the markings showing a decided tendency to
form a zone round, or cap at the larger end."

" ALlyyurh, August 27th.—Another beautiful little nest in a
mango-tree high up, a tiny cup about 1| inch internal diameter by
•J inch deep, woven with very fine twigs, and exteriorly coated
with tiny fragments of bark and dead leaves firmly secured in
their places with gossamer threads and cobwebs. It contained
two fresh eggs; a pale slightly greenish-white ground, richly
speckled and spotted and sparsely blotched with a purplish and
a brownish red, the markings greatly predominating towards the
larger end."

Mr. F. R. Blewitt, detailing his experiences in Jhansie and
Saugor, says :—" Breeds in June and July. The tamarind-tree is
by preference chosen by this bird for its nest; at least the three
I saw were all on tamarind-trees. The nest, cup-shaped, is a
compactly made structure; the exterior appeared to be composed
of the very fine petioles of leaves, with a thick coating all over of