312 ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH: 
685.—Acridotheres' ginginianus,* Lath. The’ 
Bank Myna. 
_ A winter visitant. Coming in October and leaving early. It 
is not common. 
687.—Sturnia pagodarum,* Gm. The Black-headed, 
Myna. 
Permanent resident. Very common through the Satpuras ; 
moderately common elsewhere. Breeds sparingly about Dhulia 
in the beginning of July. 
688.—Sturnia malabarica,* Gm. The Grey-headed 
Myna. 3 
Noticed in small flocks feeding on the flowers of the silk 
cotton tree in the Satpuras, in April. 
690.—Pastor roseus.* The Rosy Pastor. 
Cold weather visitant. Arrives early and stays till pee 
Very common everywhere i in the plains. 
694.— Ploceus philippinus,* Lin. The Weaver- 
bird. 
Permanent resident, Very common. Breeds abundantly: 
round Dhulia in August and September. | 
699.—Amadina punctulata,* Lin. The Spotted, 
Munia. 
Permanent resident ; local. A few seen in the Shada taluka 
below the Satpuras, in April. In June there were considerable. 
flocks in Dhulia. ‘hese stayed till August when they scattered 
through the scrub jungle. They bred there, and I got a nest, 
at Arvee in the south of Dhulia in September. 
703.—Amadina malabarica,*) Zin. The Plain 
Brown Munia. 
Permanent resident. Common everywhere in the plains 
and scrub jungles. Breeds at all seasons. 
704.—Estrelda amandava,* Zin. The Red Wax- 
bill. 
Permanent resident; rather local.. A large flock kept about 
the scrub jungle near Dhulia from May ‘to September when 
they paired and bred all along the nullahs below the tanks at 
Mukhti and Gundoor. I also found it breeding abundantly, 
along the Panjra in Pimpalnir and between that and Dhulia 
