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bunch of reeds growing in water. The eggs are much like those of 

 P. Philippinus, but are rather smaller. 



703. — Amadina malabarka : Lin. 



I have found nests of the Pintail Munia throughout the year. 

 They are usually placed iu low thorny bushes, but they are very 

 variable in the site they select. I once found a nest under the eaves 

 of an out-house, and not unfrequently they make their nests in the 

 sticks forming the foundation of a Kite's nest. The eggs, pure white 

 in colour, vary from 5 to 9 in number, but I am inclined to think 

 that occasionally more birds than one lay in the same nest. They 

 measure 0*6 in length by about 0*4.7 in breadth. 



704. — Estrelda amandava : Lin. 



I found but a single nest of the Red-waxbill, and it contained four 

 half-fledged nestlings. This was in October. 



706. — Passer domesticus : Lin. 



The House Sparrows breed from February to August, and are 

 quite a nuisance the while ; no amount of persecution seems to 

 deter them from building in a place when once they have made up 

 their minds to it. 



711. — Gymnoris ftavicollis : Frankl. 



The Yellow-throated Sparrow breeds during April and May in 

 holes in trees. The eggs, four in number, are much smaller and 

 darker than those of Passer domesticus. They measure 0*74 in 

 length by 0*54 in breadth. 



756. — Mirafra erythropygia : Jerd. 



The Red-winged Bush Lark breeds from March to September. I 

 am inclined to think that it has two broods in the year, as nests 

 are much more commonly found in March and April, and again in 

 August and September. The nest is built upon the ground, under 

 the shelter of a tussock of grass, and is composed of grass stems and 

 roots. The eggs, four in number, are oval in shape, and are of a 

 greenish-white colour, speckled and spotted with various shades of 

 reddish and yellowish-brown, They measure 0'78 inches in length 

 by about 0"6 in breadth. 



757. — Mirafra cantillans :. Jerd. 



The Singing Bush Lark is decidedly rare at Neemuch, and I only 

 succeeded in finding one nest, which was in September. This was 

 similar to that of the Red-winged Bush Lark as regards locality and 



