Birds of Kattiawar, Western India. 413 



663. CORVUS SPLENDENS. 



Very common. 



674. Dendrocitta rufa. 



Common where there are gardens, as at Gondul and 

 Dhorajee. 



684. ACRIDOTIIERES TRISTIS. 



Very common. 



685. ACRIDOTHERES GINGINIANUS. 



About the first or second week in May this species appears 

 in great numbers, taking possession of all the old wells and 

 building in the holes and crevices. According to my obser- 

 vations their nidification is at least a fortnight earlier than 

 that of A. tristis. After the rainy season is over their num- 

 bers gradually diminish, until only an occasional pair are met 

 with where before there were hundreds. 



687. Temenuchus pagodarum. 



I do not remember to have met with this bird in the western 

 parts of the province. In the eastern districts it was occa- 

 sionally seen ; and at the Pandree talao, near Licuree, I found 

 it comparatively numerous. 



690. Pastor roseus. 



Very common in the cold season. 



694. Ploceus baya. 



During the monsoon these birds are met with breeding in 

 colonies in all parts of the country ; but they disappear after 

 nidification is over. For a long time I did not know what 

 became of them ; but when in the neighbourhood of the Geer, 

 in April, I saw a large flock of plain-coloured Finch-like birds, 

 which, from a near view, appeared to be this species in non- 

 breeding-plumage. Kattiawar examples are referable to the 

 small race. Wing 2*75, bill at front 065. 



703. Munia malabarica. 

 Common. 



706. Passer indicus. 

 Verv common. 



