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*695.— Ploceus manyar, Eorsf. 



Mr. Bourdillon remarks :— 



tl Not a hill bird. I got these two specimens on a lake a 

 few miles out of Trevandrum, the Vellarney lake, where there 

 were thousands iu June just beginning to weave their nests 

 amongst the reeds which formed floating islands in the lake," 



*697. — Munia malacca, Lin. 



Another species from the same locality as the Weaver Birds, 

 and also breeding in June. 



795 .— Turtur suratensis, Gm. 



Not uncommon. 



355.— Lobivanellus indicus, Bodd. 

 856.— Lobipluvia malabarica, Bodd. 

 870. — Grallinago sthenura, KM. 



Of this latter species Mr. Bourdillon remarks : — 



" This specimen was obtained by Mr. Ferguson at 4,000 feet. 



The Pintail Snipe occurs in the cold season, at all elevations ; 



it is very scarce at the higher elevations, and most abundant in 



the rice fields in the plains. About Trevandrum they are much 



more abundant than G. scolopaoinusP 



*902 .— Porphyrio poliocephalus, Lath. 



Mr. Bourdillon says :— 



" Obtained at the Vellarney lake, where they inhabit the 

 reeds in great numbers, and though easy to shoot, are very 

 difficult to retrieve. 



In June the birds appeared to be much more scarce than 

 when I visited the place in March ; but I heard numbers in the 

 reeds, and I fancy they must have had nests in these. 



*924 — Ardea purpurea, Lin. 



Abundant at the Vellarney lake, and breeding there in June. 



930.— Ardeola grayi, Sykes. 



Common everywhere. 



A. O. H. 



* The species to which an asterisk is prefixed ought not perhaps, strictly speaking, 

 to be included in the list, as they wore not obtained in the Southern Hill country 

 about Mynall, where all Mr, Bourdillon's other specimens have been obtained. 



