414 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF 



districts. In Ratnagiri it is comparatively scarce, being, to a 

 great extent, replaced by the next species. 



686 bis. — Acridotheres mahrattensis, Sykes. The 

 Southern Dusky Myna. 



Permanent resident. Locally common along the Sahyadri 

 range, and in the adjoining forests, including Ratnagiri. I 

 also noticed it constantly about Belgaum in the cold weather. 

 The Southern Indian form, having pale blue irides, should be 

 separated perhaps as above, but for my part I confess I should 

 rather prefer to treat it as only a local race. 



687.— -Sturnia pagodarum, Gm. The Black-headed 

 Myna. 



Permanent resident. Common, as a rule, throughout the 

 region. 



688— Sturnia malabarica, Gm. The Grey-headed 

 Myna. 



Probably only a cold weather visitant. Common in the 

 neighbourhood of Belgaum in the cold weather, and occurs 

 also but sparingly in Ratnagiri, but as it is not included in 

 either of Mr. Fairbank's lists nor in Messrs. Wenden and 

 Davidson's paper, it is probably confined to the well-wooded 

 tracts in the south-western portion of the region. 



689.— Sturnia blythi, Jerd. The White-breasted 

 Tree-Myna. 



Common all about Belgaum in the rains, remaining till 

 October, after which it retires, 1 believe, to the hills west to 

 breed. Mr. Vidal has not observed it in Ratnagiri, neither 

 has it been recorded from any other portion of the region, 

 so that it appears to be a very local species ; but Jerdon remarks, 

 " only found in the Malabar forests, occurring from the extreme 

 south of the Malabar Coast to about N. Lat. 15° or 16.°" 

 It seems to me to be a well-marked species. Mr. Hume has 

 lately received eggs from Mysore. 



690. — Pastor roseus, Lin. The Rose-colored Pastor 

 or Jowari Bird. 



Cold weather visitant. Common throughout the region 

 wherever the r e is cultivation. 



692. — Eulabes religiosa, Lin. The Southern Hill 

 Myna. 



Rare. Major Lloyd mentions it as found in the Sahyadri 

 forests in the Southern Koukan. As yet Mr. Vidal has 



