NESTING IN WESTERN INDIA. 109 



Baroda, May and June. II. Littledale, B.A. 



Khandeish, June. J. Davidson, C.S. 

 Nassick Ghats, May. Do. 



Kanara, May. Do. 



688— THE GREY-HEADED MYNA. 



Sturnia malabarica, Gm. 



The Grey-headed Myna is much less common than the preceding 

 bird, and appears to be confined to the more hilly and better-wooded 

 parts of the Presidency. It has been recorded from Belgaum and 

 Ratnagiri, and is common along the coast in Kanara in jungles, and 

 is found throughout the Satpooras in Khandeish. It occurs also at 

 Mount Aboo. 



I have often seen birds exposed for sale in the Bombay market, 

 generally in company with the Black-headed Myna. The dealers 

 assert that they come from Khandalla. I found a nest containing 

 four young birds at Mount Aboo on the 10th June, but have never 

 met with another ; the bird even there is far from common. 



The nests and eggs do not differ in any respect from those of the 

 Pagoda Myna. 



689.-THE WHITE-HEADED MYNA. 



Sturnia blythi, Jerd. 



I have never met with a specimen of this bird, but Mr. Davidson, 

 writing from Kanara, has kindly furnished me with the following 

 note : — 



" Mr. Hume was of opinion that this bird and Malabarica were one 

 species. I am hardly convinced of it yet, though in the cold weather 

 in Kanara a specimen or two of Blythi is frequently seen in a flock 

 of Malabarica, and in the cold weather I certainly saw once two birds 

 flying together, one of each kind. On the other hand, in April and 

 May, when Mynas are breeding, all the pairs I have noticed above the 

 ghats in Kanara were this species, and in the Satpooras in Khandeish, 

 where Malabarica was occasionally seen, I never saw a specimen of 

 Blythi. 



" I never obtained the nest, though I saw one fly into a hole in a 

 very lofty tree in April. It seemed to have young, but the place 

 was quite unapproachable." 



