474 NOTES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF MOUNT ABOO 



470.— Oriolus kundoo, Sykes. 



The Indian Oriole is very common in the plains during the 

 monsoon, at which season it breeds, commencing about the end 

 of June. At other seasons, although met with both on the hill 

 and in the plains, it is not very plentiful. The young birds are 

 easily reared by placing them in a cage hung near the spot from 

 which the nest was taken when the old birds will continue to 

 feed them through the bars until fully fledged. 



[Common in the eastern, rare in the western portions of 

 Jodhpoor — not yet recorded or received from Kattiawar, 

 Cutch or Sindh ; partially represented in the latter by 0. 

 galbula. — A. 0. H.] 



[472.— Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. 



I saw this at Aboo, about the end of April and Dr. King 

 procured several specimens there. 



Unknown throughout the rest of the region, except 

 about the Girnar (Hayes Lloyd, I have received no specimen) in 

 Kattiawar, which, with the Gir, represents in this province, Aboo 

 and its slopes. — A. 0. H.] 



475.— Copsychus saularis, Lin. 



The Magpie Robin is not very common. I observed it at 

 Aboo as well as in the plains. It is usually found in the vicinity 

 of gardens. 



[Unknown in the greater part of the region, which is too arid 

 for it. Occurs, though not common, at Ajmere and Sambhur. 

 Has not been received or reported from the western portion of 

 Jodhpoor, from Cutch, Sindh, or Kattiawar, except in the latter 

 from the Gir and Girnar. — A. O. H.] 



480.— Thamnobia cambaiensis, Lath. 



The Brown-backed or Northern Indian Robin is common both 

 on the hills and in the plains. I have never seen T. fulicata 

 in this part of the country, closely as I have watched for 

 the species. 



[Common throughout the whole region, but specimens from 

 Sindh, Cutch, Kattiawar and Western Jodhpoor, and the neigh- 

 bourhood of Aboo, Deesa, and Ahmedabad, are mostly of 

 an intermediate form, darker than true cambaiensis, but not 

 so dark as fulicata. c. f. S. F. I., 182 ; J. A. S., 1872., p. 237; 

 Ibis, 1873. p. 411.— A. 0. H.] 



481.— Pratincola caprata, Lin. 



The White-winged Black Stone Chat or rather Bushchat, is 

 not common in the plains, and as I did not observe it at Aboo, 



