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gape, 1*0 ; bill at front, 0'7 to 0*75 ; closed wings short of tail, 

 1-2 to 1-4. 



Three females. — Length, 7 to 7'4 ; expanse, 11"8 to 12"35; 

 wing, 3-7 to 4-0 ; tail, 2*3 to 2-4; tarsus, 0-85 to 0-9 ; bill from 

 gape, 0-9 to 1 ; bill at front, 0'68 to 07 ; closed wings short of 

 tail, 1-0 to 1-1. 



Bill yellow at tip, green in the middle, and dark blue at the 

 base ; interior of mouth dark blue ; eyelids dark blue ; irides 

 milky white to pale sky blue ; tarsi yellowish fleshy; toes brown 

 fleshy ; claws dusky horny. 



Males have the underparts more deeply coloured than the 

 females. The young bird (August) has only a faint tinge of rufous 

 on the lower part of the abdomen ; bill yellowish horny ; base of 

 lower mandible paler ; irides pale blue ; feet brownish fleshy. 



The Grey-headed Maina is common in the central woods of 

 the Nepal Valley from the end of April to the end of September. 



693.— Eulabes intermedia,* A. May. 



This Hill Maina is common in the forests about Hetoura and 

 Bichiakoh, but does not ascend the hills. It is a very common 

 and favourite cage bird in Nepal. 



694.— Ploceus baya, 5Zy. 



Ten males, Valley, April — July. — Length, 5 "4 to 5 '9 ; expanse, 

 9-2 to 9-65 ; wing, 2-85 to 3*05 ; tail, 2 to 2-2 ; tarsus, 0*8 to 

 0-85; bill from gape, 0*7 to 0-75; bill at front, 07 to 75; 

 closed wings short of tail, 1*1 to 1'4. 



Eight females, Valley, April — August. — Length, 5*3 to 5'8 ; 

 expanse, 8*9 to 9-1 ; wing, 273 to 2-8 ; tail, 1"9 to 2"1 ; tarsus, 

 0-8 to 0-85 ; bill from gape, 07 to 075 ; bill at front, 07 to 

 0'72; closed wings short of tail, I'O to 1'2. 



In the female at all seasons, and in the male in winter plumage, 

 the bill is brownish horny, yellow at base of lower mandible ; 

 about the end of April the bill of the male is dusky horny ; 

 and in May, June and July it is black, with a narrow yellowish 

 line at the base of the lower mandible ; gape yellow or fleshy ; 

 irides deep brown ; feet dark fleshy or brownish fleshy. 



The male in breeding plumage has the head bright yellow— 

 and some of the feathers of the interscapulary region and of the 

 rump edged with yellow. The breast is blotched, to a greater 

 or less extent, with yellow, and in some cases there is a com- 

 plete band of yellow across the breast. 



Mr. Blanford (J. A. S. B., Vol. XLL, Part IL, 1872, p. ]67) 

 gives the following dimensions of six specimens of Ploceus haya 



* Not really specifically distinct, in my opinion, from E. Javanensis.-^Eo. 



