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darkest on the back and wing-coverts, and lightest beneath ; 
primaries black, with a white spot at their base, forming a con- 
spicuous wing-spot; tail black with a white tip, successively 
broader from the centre pair; lower abdomen, vent, and under 
tail-coverts white. 
This Myna is a common permanent resident throughout the 
district, breeding from June to August. They nest indifferently, 
in holes, in trees or walls, in deserted crow nests, under the 
eaves of verandahs, and occasionally, but very rarely, they build 
a cup-shaped nest in a fork of atree. The eggs, four or five in 
number, are rather longish ovals in shape, of a glossy blue-green 
color, and average 1°19 inches in length by about 0°86 in breadth. 
Acridotheres ginginianus, Lath. 
685.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 826; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 494; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology 
of Sind, p. 179; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 
1885, p. 128. 
THE BANK MYNA. 
Length, 85; wing, 5; tail, 3°25; tarsus, 1:25-; bill at front, 
0°85. 
Bill red, yellow at tip; nude eye-spot reddish ; irides brown ; 
legs yellow. 
Head with rather short occipital crest ; lores, ear-coverts, and 
nape, glossy black ; the rest of the plumage dull cinereous 
or inky-black, paling beneath ; wing black, with the wing-spot 
ferruginous ; tail black, tipped dull ferruginous; middle of abdo- 
men, of vent, and the under tail-coverts, pale ferruginous ; the 
frontal feathers are slightly erectile, and those on the side of 
the head are directed towards the median line. 
The Bank Myna is very common throughout Sind and Guze- 
rat; it also occurs in Central India and Rajputana, but is 
very locally distributed. It does not appear ever to have been 
noticed in the Deccan. It is a permanent resident wherever 
found, breeding in holes in river banks, or wells, during June 
and July; these holes are excavated by the birds themselves. 
The eggs, four or five in number, are broadish ovals in shape, 
and glossy greenish-blue in color. 
They average 1°05 inches in length by about 0°81 in breadth. 
Acridotheres mahrattensis, Sykes. 
686bis—Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 412. 
THE SOUTHERN Dusky MYNA. 
Length, 9°5 ; wing, 5; tail, 3; tarsus, 1-4; bill at front, 0°7. 
Bill orange-yellow ; irides pale blue ; legs yellow. 
The whole head, small frontal crest, and ear-coverts, glossy 
black ; the upper plumage fuscous black, or blackish-brown, with 
a vinous tinge; primaries black, with a white spot near their 
