AND NORTHERN GUZERAT. 495 



[This is another Aboo speciality and occurs nowhere else (so 

 far as is yet known, for it may turn up in the Gir) throughout 

 the entire region. — A. 0. H.] 



690. — Pastor roseus, Lin. 



The Rose-coloured Pastor is very common in the plains 

 during the cold weather, arriving at the beginning of the rains. 

 It also occurs, though not so plentifully, on the hills. It is 

 usually in large or small flocks. 



[Common during the cold weather throughout the whole 

 region. — A. 0. H.] 



694. — Ploceus baya, JBlyth. 



The Common Weaver Bird is very common in the plains 

 during the cold weather, and breeds in July and August. I am 

 inclined to think that it is migratory, as it seemed to me to 

 disappear during the hot weather. I do not think that it 

 ascends the hills, but am not quite sure. 



[Dr. King did not obtain this species above Anadra, so that 

 I think it is pretty clear that it does not ascend Aboo. 

 Throughout the rest of the region (except in Siudh, whence it 

 has not yet been recorded) it is common during the rains, 

 and occurs, tho' less plentifully and more locally, durino- the rest 

 of the year.— A. 0. H.] 



695. — Ploceus manyar, Horsf. 



The Striated Weaver Bird occurs in suitable localities in the 

 plains, though by no means common. I have generally ob- 

 served it in the beds of rivers, frequenting the rushes and lono- 

 grass in and by the side of the water. A specimen I shot 

 near Deesa on the 10th July, a male in full breeding plumage, 

 has the bill pale leaden blue, and not black or horny fleshy 

 as described by Jerdon. 



The bills of several others which I saw in a cage that had 

 beeu caught by a bird-catcher in the same neighbourhood 

 in the same month were blue also. 



[Seems common in Sindh, but has not yet been sent or 

 recorded from Cutch, Kattiawar or auy part of Jodhpoor — 

 A. 0. H.] 



699. — Lonchura punctulata, L. 



The Spotted Muuia is common at Mount Aboo, associating 

 in large flocks during the hot weather.- It is by no means 

 common in the plains. I found nests at Aboo in September 

 usually in low thorny bushes, but I have seen nests in Palm 

 trees 30 or 40 feet from the ground. 



