Birds of Lucknow. 545 



but fairly easily seen from below. I have found it on various 

 kinds of trees^ but I think that the mango has the preference. 



Average of 15 Lucknow eggs 1"13" x "81" 



Measurement of largest e^^ 1"14" x "84" 



„ smallest egg 1-11'' X "78" 



The name Mango-bird^ usually applied to this species^ is 

 bestowed on Merops viridis by the Martiniere boys. 



No. 521. Oriolus melanocephalus. Indian Black', 

 headed Oriole. 



Pahari-Topi-dar Pilak [H., teste Reid]. 



It is a curious fact that this bird is decidedly most 

 common during the cold weather. When O. kundoo is " en 

 evidence/^ this bird is rarely seen. I think that the great 

 majority go east to breed. On one occasion^ however, in 

 June, I saw a pair apparently breeding in a mango-tope 

 near Mohanlalganj, but, though I hunted carefully, I could 

 not find their nest. 



No. 528. Pastor roseus. Rose-coloured Starling. 



Golabi Myna [H.]. Mulberry-bird [Anglo-Indian boys]. 



Rose-coloured Starlings are common during the cold 

 weather, particularly so just before they start off on their 

 bridal tour about April, when they collect in large flocks. 

 They are certainly not permanent residents. In Reid^s notes 

 it is stated that " occasional stragglers will be met with 

 throughout the hot and rainy seasons, and it is fairly 

 abundant as early as the commencement of October.^^ If 

 Reid ever really saw the birds in the hot weather and the 

 rains, which I venture to doubt, they must have been sicklv 

 or wounded individuals too weak to join in migration. 



They are found feeding in company with Mynas and 

 Starlings, and I have often seen numbers in cultivated 

 ground amidst dhak -jungle. 



No. 532. Sturnus menzbieri. Common Indian Starling. 

 Kusnai, Tilora [H.]. 



The Common Starling is very abundant in the cold 

 weather, associating with Mynas in large flocks. It is 



