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Hah. — Througliout India to Assam, Burniah and Ceylon, and a re- 

 sident everywhere; breeding in holes of trees, roofs of houses and 

 almost anywhere, except on the ground, from June to August. Eggs 

 4, of a glossy pale green, greenish or deep bluish green colour. 



Acridotheris ginginianus, Lath.; Lev. 0. A. t. 95-2; Jerd. B. 

 Ind. ii. p. 82G, No. 685; Murray^ Hdhk., Zool., 8fc., Sind, p. 175. — The 

 Bank Myna. 



Head, nape, sides of the face, lores and ear-coverts black ; chin, 

 throat, breast, flanks and outer thigh-coverts cinereous or dark ashy; 

 neck, the back, rump and upper tail-coverts dark ashy ; wings black, 

 edge of wing and wing spot orange buff or ferruginous ; tail black, 

 the feathers tipped with dull ferruginous ; middle of abdomen, vent, 

 under tail, and inner thigh-coverts pale ferruginous; bill yellow, red 

 at the tip ; orbits and nude spot behind the eye red; feet dull yellow. 



Length. — 8*5 to 9 inches, wing 5, tail o-25, bill at front 1"25. 



Uah. — India generally to Assam and Burmah ; common in Sind, 

 Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central India, Deccan^ 

 Concan, Kutch, Kattiawar and Jodhpore. 



Gen. Temenuchus. — Cah. 



Characters same as those of Acridotheris. Bill less stout_> barely de- 

 flected at the tip; 1st and 2nd primaries sub-equal; head usually 

 crested. 



Temennchiis pagodarum, Gmel. ; Lev. 0. A. t. 95 ; Gal. des Ois. 

 t. 148; Jerdo?i, B. Ind. ii. p. 329, No. 687; Mrtn-aij, Sir. F. vol. vii. 

 pp. 112, 113; id. Kdhk., Zool., c^t., Sind, p. 176. — The Black-headed 

 Myna. 



Head, with the long crest, nape and lores black ; ear-coverts, sides of 

 the neck and behind, breast and abdomen, fulvous or pale orange buff> 

 the feathers with mesial whitish streaks ; back, scapulars, outer webs of 

 secondaries and tertiaries grey, the innermost tertiaries entirely g^ej ; 

 primaries dark brown, edged black on their outer webs ; edge of wing, 

 under wing, and under tail-coverts and the vent white; tail dark 

 brown, the feathers broadly tipped white; the centre feathers grey like 

 the back ; bill bluish at base, rest yellow ; irides whitish ; legs bright 

 yellow. 



Ijength. — 8*5 to 9 inches, wing 4*2, tail 3, bill at front 0-37. 



Hdb. — India, Ceylon, Cashmere, Assam, Burmah ; common in 

 Southern India and in the Carnatic, Travancore and the Northern 

 Circars. Occui'S also in Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Deccan and 

 Concan, but not in any numbers; usually in company with Acridotheris 

 tristis. 



Gen. Pastor. — Tem. 



Bill short, compressed, curving from the base, slightly deflected at 



the tip ; groove of nostrils clothed with short plumes ; 2ncl quill longest, 

 1st spurious; tarsi scutate ; tail even ; head with an occipital crest. 



