1922.] the Birds of Sind. 645 



Sind l)ir(is the lioiul is paler gold and the (Mlgcs of tlie upjier 

 parts much paler, and there is hardly any rufous on the 

 abdomen ; this corrcs})ontls })retty well with birds from 

 Madras. Stresemann (Novit. xix. 1912, p. IJ19), reviewing 

 the group, gives the type-locality of slriatuH Blyth as 

 Bengal ; this is quite incorrect; Blyth (J. A. S. B. xi. 1842, 

 p. 873) says "specimens .... amongst those collected by the 

 late Sir A. Burnes in the Western country," i. e. Sind or 

 Punjab ; striatus is a synonym ol fiaviceps. 



This Weaver moults at the end of March, the head, ear- 

 coverts, cheeks, and upper throat ct-rtainly, perhaps all the 

 body plumage. 



Ploceus benghalensis (L.) . 



Hume met with the Black-throated Weaver commonly in 

 the "khan'' grass forests in parts of Upper Sind, as near 

 Larkhana and at Mangrani near Shikarpur. Butler thought 

 he found it nesting together with the other two species at 

 Hyderabad, and Barnes, although he met with it at Hydera- 

 bad, thought But[er must have been mistaken in the identity 

 of the nests, as all the Weavers' nests he found there were 

 those of the Baya. I did not meet with heiKjhalensisj which 

 must be the rarest or the most local of the three Weavers in 

 Sind, and I see no reason to doubt that it is resident. Hume 

 noted that of the many specimens he examined all were 

 males ; I have already noted the great preponderance of 

 males in the other species. 



Specimens from Sind resemble in all respects those from 

 Bengal. 



Uroloncha malabarica (L.). 



The White-breasted Munia is very common throughout 

 the length and breadth of the province, in desert, scrub- 

 jungle, cultivation, and more open parts of forest alike. 

 The breeding season is very prolonged, and it is probable 

 that, as a species, it may be found nesting in every month 

 of the year, though individiuils do not Ijrecd at any rate 

 whilst moulting ; thus 1 have notes of nests in nearly every 



