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THE BIRDS OF THE MADHUBANI SUB-DIVISION OF THE DAR- 



BHANGA DISTRICT, TIRHUT, WITH NOTES ON SPECIES 



NOTICED ELSEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT. 



By C. M. Inglis. 



Part VIII. 



{Continued from page 343 of Vol. XV .) 



Addenda et Corrigenda. 

 (4) Parus atriceps. — The Indian Grey Tit. 

 I mentioned that this species arrived about the third week of September, but 

 in 1901 I obtained one on the 17th July, near Baghownie. 



(11) Otocompsa emeria. — The Bengal Red-whiskered Bulbul. 

 This species is a rare bird near Baghownie. I have only seen one or two 

 specimens. 



(327) Acrocephalus stentoreds. — The Indian Great Reed-Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 363 ; Hume, No. 515, 

 On the 19th November 1902 I obtained a female of this species near 

 Baghownie. 



(328) Ch^etornis locostelloides.— The Bristled Grass-Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 392 ; Hume, No. 441. 

 On the 17th June 1902 several specimens were procured in the Ramowlie 

 grass which lies between Hatauri and Anarh. 



(329) Phylloscopus tytleri. — Tytler's Willow-Warbler. 

 Oates, No. 406 ; Hume, No. 500 bis. 

 A Willow-Warbler was brought to me on the 8th October 1901 by a boy 

 who shot it with a pellet bow. I take it to be this species. 



(32) Tephrodornis pondicerianus. — The Common Wood-Shrike. 

 A nest containing three fresh eggs, along with one of the parent birds, was 

 brought to me on the 12th March 1904. It was found in a mango grove near 

 Baghownie. 



(40) Oriolus kundoo. — The Indian Oriole. 

 In 1901 this species arrived at Baghownie on the 10th March, ten days earlier 

 than the date I gave when writing about this species. 



(45) Temenuchus pagodardm. — The Black-headed Myna. 



I have taken the eggs of this species in June. I also got a single young one, 



fully fledged, from a hole in a kheir tree on the 18th of that month, so the 



eggs must have been laid some time in May. Towards the end of April a pair 



was seen making nesting arrangements, but up to date of writing, the 6th May, 



they have not laid. 



(46) Acridotheres tristis. — The Common Myna. 

 A bird was seen a few miles from Baghownie, which had a pure white tail. 

 The remainder was in ordinary plumage. 



(49) Sturnopastor contra. — The Pied Myna. 

 A nearly pure albino of this species was brought me by a mir-shikar on the 

 30th August 1903. I append a description of the same. 



