. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. 5. van Balen & V. Nijman 173 Bull. 1996 116(3) Notes on the breeding of the Crested Jay Platylophus galericulatus by S. (Bas) van Balen & Vincent Nijman Received 18 September 1995 On 15 June 1995, whilst surveying the northwestern slopes of Mt Lumping (7°07'S, 109°38'E; Dieng Mts, Central Java), the authors found a nest (see Fig. 1) that at first sight looked like a pigeon's. The nest was c. 2 m up in a thinly branched 4—5 m tall simbukan tree (15 cm ), and lay on a thin branch at c. 60 cm from the main stem. It consis
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. 5. van Balen & V. Nijman 173 Bull. 1996 116(3) Notes on the breeding of the Crested Jay Platylophus galericulatus by S. (Bas) van Balen & Vincent Nijman Received 18 September 1995 On 15 June 1995, whilst surveying the northwestern slopes of Mt Lumping (7°07'S, 109°38'E; Dieng Mts, Central Java), the authors found a nest (see Fig. 1) that at first sight looked like a pigeon's. The nest was c. 2 m up in a thinly branched 4—5 m tall simbukan tree (15 cm ), and lay on a thin branch at c. 60 cm from the main stem. It consisted of a coarse lower layer of twigs, and was lined copiously and neatly with fine, brown and curly strips of fern fronds which were not mixed with the lower layer, but formed a sturdy shallow cup on top of it. The greatest length of the nest was 60 cm (including some protruding twigs), the more compact part being 18x18 cm; height of nest 7 cm with inner diameter of the nest cup 6 cm and depth 3 cm. The nest contained one egg, dirty white, with sparse, coarse red-brown spots, especially on the blunt end; length mm, width mm, fresh weight g, volume cc. The egg was identified as. Figure 1. Nest of Crested Jay Platylophus galericulatus, Mt Lumping, Central Java, 15 June Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : The Club
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