384 ISIoles on the Birds of the ^'mnlhur-Lalce Sf its vicinity. 



693. — Budytes viridis, ^co^p. 



Very common. This species is generally found feeding" on 

 grass lands where cattle are grazing. 



593 Us. — Budytes melanocephala, LicU. 



Whether this is merely one stage of the preceding I cannot 

 say certainly^ but I think it is. I have a pair before me^ both 

 killed in March and sexed by myself, both with the whole head 

 and nape, lores, ear coverts, and sides of head deep black, back, 

 olive green, whole under parts the brightest yellow. The only 

 differences between the sexes are, first, that the male is larger. 

 (Dimensions recorded in the flesh) . 



Length. Expanse. , Wing. 



Male ... ... 6-8 99 3'0 SI 



Female ... ... 6-5 8-9 2-9 27 



Secondly, that both the head and back of the female are of a 

 somewhat lighter shade, and thirdly, that in the female the chin 

 is white. 



These birds are very common in the spring. 



594. — Budytes citreoloides, Hodgson. 



Common. This bird is "generally found about the water- 

 courses in the fields. 



594 Us. — Budytes citreola, T alias. 



Equally common with the last. ^ 



596.— Pipastes agiMs, ^y^^H^!^^^^^^^'-^ 



Not very common. V 



597.— Pipastes plumatus, Mull. Ct^-^ > 



Not very common. 



599. — Corydalla rufula, Vieill. 



Common. 



602.— Agrodroma campestris, Bechst. 



Not very common. 



631.— Zoster ops palpebrosus, Temm. 



I have only once seen a small party of this species workincf 

 for insects over a tree in my garden. 



645. — Parus cinereus, Vieill. 



Very rare. I have only once obtained it myself, and then in 

 the Marot jungles, but several specimens were obtained for me 

 in the Koochamun hills. Wing, '^-6 ; bill at fronts 5-5 ; tarsus, "7. 



