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are suspended quickly burn through, and the nest resembles a fire 

 balloon, and may be blown away many hundred yards across cleared 

 fire lines into areas which would otherwise be safe from infection. 

 It is recommended that in such localities all weaver birds nests should 

 be cleared from trees on fire lines, and closely adjacent to such. 

 Mr. Perree." S. M. F. Z. Grain, Bom. Gaz., Ahmedabad, IV, 83. 



Stomachs examined. 



13-10-09. 3 Birds, grass seeds only. 

 12-11-07. Grass seeds only. 



14-11-08. 3 Birds, grass seeds only. 



721. Ploceus megarhynchus. Eastern Baya. Considerable 

 damage to grain notably paddy. B. N. H. S. J., XI, 81. 



ViduincB. Munias. They feed on the ground or else cling to 

 the heads of flowering grass or corn, and they consume large quanti- 

 ties of grain. F. I., II, 181. 



Munia feed much on rice as well as grass seeds. Jerd. B. I., 

 II, 353. 



725. Munia malacca. Black-headed Munia frequents dry 

 grain and sugar-cane fields. Jerd. B. I., II, 353. Grass seeds. 

 Bom. Gaz., Ahmedabad, IV, 83. 



726. Munia atricapilla. Chestnut-bellied Munia. Damages 

 ripe paddy. B. N. H. S. J., XI, 353. Locally known as rice 

 sparrow. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 960. 



727. Uroloncha acuticauda. Hodgson's Munia. In very large 

 flocks in the rice fields as the grain as ripening and must do a great 

 deal of damage. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 960. 



728. Uroloncha striata. White-headed Munia. Vast flocks 

 in paddy fields. Jerd. B. I., II, 356. 



730. Uroloncha jumigata. Andaman White-backed Munia. 

 Bamboo or grass seeds. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 160. 



734. Uroloncha malabarica. White-throated Munia. 



5-2-09. Small weed seeds and vegetable matter. 



9-10-08. Weed seeds, chiefly grass and vegetable matter. 



9-10-08. Grass seeds and other vegetable matter, 

 10-3-08. 



