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it is a brownish-black bird with an interrupted yellowish-white 

 collar on the back of its neck, also a small tuft of feathers at the base 

 of its bill. The above two birds are very partial to following bison 

 and tsine, and if watched while fiyinp^ about in likely localities, will 

 often indicate the whereabouts of a herd. 



Burmese na.me—Nowa-zayet. 

 (No, 554. A. albocinctus.) 



THE GREY-HEADED AND WHITE-WiNGED MYNAS. 



Are two little Mynas which are very much smal'er than the others, 

 being about eight inches in length. They keep almost entirely to 

 trees, very rarely coming down to the ground, and are found in all the 

 better wooded parts of the country. 



Heads and backs a silvery grey, the crown of the head being much 

 lighter; chin and throat pale coloured, turning to reddish on the 

 breast. The first is found round Rangoon and in the north of the 

 Upper Chindwin districts, the second being common in most of the 

 well-wooded districts of both Upper and Lower Burma. They are 

 very much alike, the second having a conspicuous white patch of 

 feathers under its wings. 



(Nqs. 538 & 539. Sturnia malabarica and nemoricola.) 



JERDON'S N1YNA. 



Very like the above, but is larger, being nine incbei in length and 

 has a brown naked patch on the cheeks. Common in most parts of 

 Burma and particularly so in the jungles of the dry zone. 



Burmese name — Zayet-goung-hyu. 

 (No. 547. G. burmanica.) 



THE BLACK-NECKED MYNA. 



Is the giant amongst mynas, being eleven inches in length. It has 

 a conspicuous white head, with a black collar just be!ow it ; remainder 

 of upper plumage brown, underparts white. 



A common bird in the Shan States, Bhamo, Myitkiyna and Upper 

 Chindwin, a few being found in the Monywa and Pakokku districts. 

 These are the large noisy Mynas so common round Maymyo, their 

 vociferous chatter being heard at a great distance. I'hey do not 

 congregate together like the majority of Mynas after the breeding 

 season, but keep together in pairs throughout the year. They build 

 large untidy nests, and lay the usual pale blue eggs of the family, 



(No. 546. G. nigricollis.) 



