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711.— Passer (Grymnoris) flavicollis, Franks. 



The Yellow-throat Sparrow is common in the hills 

 and in the plains. It is very abundant at Mount Aboo and 

 breeds there in April, in which month I took nests containing 

 fresh eggs and others containing incubated ones. 



[Occurs throughout the entire region ; but is only a seasonal 

 visitant to Sindh and Kattiawar I believe. — A. 0. H.] 



716.— Emberiza Huttoni, Blyth. 



The Gray-necked Bunting occurs at Mount Aboo during 

 the cold weather, though not very common. I have not observ- 

 ed it in the plains. It prefers rocky ground, alighting on 

 trees or bushes when flushed. My specimens rather exceed the 

 measurements given by Dr. Jerdon, viz., length, from 6*5 to 

 675 inches ; wing, 3'56 inches, tail, 3 inches ; bill at front, 0"44 

 inches ; bill at gape, 0*56 inches. 



[This species has not yet been recorded from Sindh. In ditch 

 and Kattiawar it is common ; in Jodhpoor, it is found chiefly on 

 and in the neighbourhood of outliers of the Aravalli rano-e. 

 Where does this species breed ? A. O. H.] 



HSbis— Emberiza (Fringillaria) striolata, Licht. 



I have not met with this species in the plains, but observed 

 it occasionally at Mount Aboo in the cold weather. It is not at 

 all common. 



[The Striolated Bunting is found more or less abundantly in 

 suitable localities throughout the entire region. Plains, wide 

 expanses of level country, it as a rule eschews, its home is in 

 the low rocky semi-barren hills, slenderly clad in withered grass, 

 cactus-like Euphorbias, and low scrubby jungle, that form so 

 characteristic a feature in the scenery of Western India. — 

 A. O. H.] 



721.— Euspiza melanocephala, Gmel. 



The Black-headed Corn Bunting is common in the plains. I saw 

 a few small flocks also in Mount Aboo, and shot specimens there 

 as late as the middle of April. It arrives in the plains in im- 

 mense flocks about the 8th September and frequents corn fields 

 (especially Bajra, Pencillaria sjncata,) generally in company with 

 the next species, as long as the crops are standing. 



[Common during the harvest time in Lower and Central Sindh, 

 Cutch, Kattiawar, and in Western Jodhpoor. At Soojut, in 

 Jodhpoor, I saw simply millions at the time of the spring harvest, 

 but it does not extend to the eastern portions of that state, as 

 during four years Mr. Adam never even saw a specimen, either at 

 the lake or any where in its neighbourhood. Dr. Jerdon says 



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