546 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



good eating, and I have often knocked a few over for the 

 pot on ray way home. 



Reid wrote : — " When migrating in April they often 

 depart in flocks of countless numbers. When ou the 

 Volunteer Rifle Range on the 31st April last (1881), a 

 flock passed across the range, covering its entire length of 

 900 yards and extending far beyond the Butts, presenting 

 a dense and zigzag column fully 40 yards in breadth — a 

 sight to see and hear.^' 



No. 534. *Sturnus purpurascens. Gould's Starling. 



Shortly before liis death, Reid, knowing that I was 

 revising his " list,'^ wrote to me to say that amongst 

 some skins of S. menzbieri sent by him to the British 

 Museum one was identified by Dr. Bowdler Sharpe as 

 belonging to this species. 



No. 538. Sturnia malabarica. Grey-headed Myna. 



Pawai [H., teste Reid]. 



According to Reid, this bird is a permanent resident. 

 It may be so, but I doubt the fact, as I cannot recall an 

 instance of having actually seen it in a wild state. 



No. 544. Temenuchus pagodarum. Black-headed Myna. 



Pawai, Popoya maina, and Kala-sir Maina [H.]. 



The Pawai, as this bird is commonly called by everyone, 

 native and European alike, is not nearly so numerous here 

 as it is at many other stations. I have seen it chiefly in the 

 avenues in cantonments, at Dilkusha Gardens, and near the 

 Residency. It breeds from May to July, in holes of trees 

 such as mango, pepul, siris, or sheshum. Most of my nests 

 have been empty or have contained young birds, but on one 

 occasion I took four light blue eggs out of a hole in a 

 sheshum not far from the Mahomed Bagh Club. The nest 

 was composed of hay, rags, &c., and was filthily dirty and 

 smelt like a Hoopoe's — only worse, if possible. The usual 

 number of eggs in a clutch appears to be three. 



Average of 11 Lucknow eggs "99" x "70" 



Measurement of largest e^g 1-04" x '72' 



„ smallest egg •94" x "66" 



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