1 GO NOTES ON THE NIDIF1CA.TION 



54.— Acridotheres tristis, L, (684) 



Commences making nest about 15th March. I have taken 

 eggs as late as 17th July, but in this case the previous brood 

 had been destroyed. Normally no eggs are to be found after 

 June. (N. & B., p. 428.) 



55.— Acridotheres fuscus, Wagl. (686 part.) 



This bird does not appear to lay till about the 15th April. 

 I have taken the eggs and I have seen numerous nests with 

 young ones of various ages in the middle of May. They 

 breed by preference in holes of trees and occasionally in the 

 high roofs of monastic buildings. (N. & E., p. 431.) 



56.— Ploceus philippinus, L. (694..) 



Soon after the 1st of April nesting operations commence active- 

 ly. Eggs may be found up to the end of July. (N. & E., p. 436.) 



57.— Ploceus manyar, Borsf. (695.) 



Commences to breed rather later than the preceding bird ; 

 in fact it waits till the elephant grass, to which its nest is 

 invariably attached, is high and green, which does not take 

 place till the rains are well in. (N. & E., p. 440.) 



58.— Ploceella javanensis, Less. (696 ter.) 



See " Nests and Eggs," p. 442. 



A very distinct genus, as every one would allow who had 

 met with the bird. 



59.— Munia rubrinigra, Hodgs. (698.) 



The nests and eggs of this bird may be found at all times 

 from the 15th June to the end of September. Six appears 

 to be the maximum number of eggs laid. 



The nest is placed in dense elephant grass, attached to two or 

 three stems at a height of four or five feet from the ground. 

 Preferentially they select very swampy land. The nest is a 

 loose mass of grass, spherical, cylindrical, or heart-shaped. The 

 inside is lined with finer grass, the following ends being brought 

 forward to the entrance which is small and difficult to find. 

 The eggs are without gloss, pure white. They measure from 

 •69 to "54 in length, and from *48 to *41 in breadth, the aver- 

 age of 16 eggs being *61 by '45. 



[N. &. E., p. 444.] Since Nests and Eggs w T ere published, 

 I have myself taken sevei'al nests in the Calcutta Bota- 

 nical Gardens, and Mr. J. C. Parker has taken many 

 more in the same place, and has furnished me with 

 numerous notes on the nidification of this species. 



