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the ground ; hence, though it is easy enough to find the nest, it is very 

 difficult to take the eggs of this bird without calling in the aid of the 

 hillmen. They manage to ascend the largest tree by tying bamboos 

 as ladders, which are held in their places by straps carried round the 

 tree, each bamboo being thus attached in three or four places besides 

 beino- tied to the bamboo below it and above it. The nest is very slight, 

 beino- a few feathers and straws laid at the bottom of a hole. The usual 

 number of eggs is two, but sometimes the bird sits on a solitary egg, 

 and in these cases the egg is usually larger and lighter in colour. The 

 shell is fine and smooth with a slight gloss. The colour of the eggs is- 

 light-blue, sparingly spotted with purple, chocolate and claret." — 

 T. F. B. 

 The average size is 1*35 x0' 9. 



Family STURNIDJ3. 



(75) Pastor roseus. — The Rose-coloured Starling. 



Oates, No. 528 ; Jerdon, No. 090. 

 Found in large flocks both in the low country and on the hills from 

 September to April usually. I have seen them as lata as May 

 occasionally. 



(76) Sturnia blythii. — Blyth's Myna. 

 Oates, No. 537 ; Jerdon, No. 689. 

 I have not myself come across this bird. Mr. F. W. Bonrdillon 

 obtained it in the hills in March, and my collector got two specimens 

 in April at the foot of the hill?. 



(77) Sturnia malabarica. — The Grey-headed Myna. 

 Oates, No. 538 ; Jerdon, No. 688. 

 The Grey-headed Myna is common at the foot of the hills, where 

 flocks of them may be met with. They occasionally ascend the hills, 

 but not higher than 2,000 feet. 



(78) Temenuchus pagodarum. — The Black-headed Myna. 

 Oates, No. 544; Jerdon, No. 687. 

 I have only obtained this bird in the dry country in the 

 extreme south about Nagercoil and Cape Comorin where it is not 

 uncommon. 



(79) Acridotheres tristis. — The Common Myna. 

 Oates, No. 549 ; Jerdon, No. 684. 

 Very common in the low country everywhere ; broods in April. 



