376 Notes on the Birds of the Samlhur Lake S)' its vicinity. 



257. — Collyrio erythronotus, Vigors. 



This shrike is not very plentiful. It breeds here, but I have 

 never taken its eg-gs. 



260 —Collyrio vittatus, I>um. 



The bay-backed shrike is very common about Sambhur. It 

 breeds here, but I have never taken its eg-o-s. On the 1st August 

 1873, I saw numbers of nests and fledglings of this bird in the 

 Marot jungle. 



262. — Lanius arenarius, Blyth. 



This shrike is frequently met with about the sandy plains. 

 I have an adult male showing the white wing spot on the fourth, 

 fifth, and sixth primaries only. 



265. — Tephrodornis pondiceriana, Gmel. 



Not very common. The young birds are pale rufescent brown 

 above, with pale reddish-white spots and streaks about the head, 

 and spots as tippings to the feathers of the back ; the tertiaries 

 have one or two bars near the tips, and along- che edge of the 

 feathers, dark brown. ' It breeds here, as I saw one carrying a 

 twig in its bill, but I failed to discover the nest. 



268. — Volvocivora Sykesii, StHekl. 



Two specimens of the young of this species I obtained in 

 June 1871, and I have never seen any others since. The 

 centre tail feathers are dark blackish grey. In the male the 

 head neck, and breast are nearly all black, and on the breast 

 (below the black) and flanks are numerous black crescentic 

 markino-s. In the female some of the head feathers are black, 

 and fi'om the throat to the middle of the abdomen, and on the 

 upper tail coverts, are blackish wavy lines. 



273.— Pericrocotus brevirostris, Vigors. 



Small parties of this minivet visit Sambhur during the cold 

 Aveather. 



276.— Pericrocotus peregrinus, L. 



The small minivet is very common during the whole year. 

 It seems to prefer patches of jungle trees, to trees near to 

 villages. Tarsus, 0-6. Jerdon gives this as 0-9. 



227.— Pericrocotus erythropygius, Jerdon. 



I have on two or three occasions 'shot this bird in the tree 

 iuno-les near to Marot and Koochamun, but I have never obtained 

 It at Sambhur. Irides, dark brown. 



