Nesting of Draco fimbriatus
This is a brief note by H. N. Ridley published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 44 (1905), under the heading “Nesting of Draco fimbriatus.”
Summary
The note is a short observational fragment in which Ridley records that a certain bird must nest very frequently given its commonness. He describes having often seen it making holes in trees as if to nest, and on one occasion knew of an individual that roosted regularly in a hole it had made in a dead bough in the Gardens, where it could be seen every evening sitting in the mouth of the hole. Despite it being the breeding season, Ridley found neither eggs nor young birds in the nest (p. 227).
Notably, the text refers throughout to “the bird,” which is inconsistent with the title referencing Draco fimbriatus (a lizard). This may indicate a misattribution of the title to this particular fragment, or that the note was part of a longer discussion in which the subject shifted.