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(74) P, MEGAEHYNCHUS. — The Easteru Baya. 

 Oates, 721 ; Hume, No. 694 bis. 

 I have several birds of this species, but they are scarce as compared with 

 the last species. These are not the true megarhynclius , Hume as discriminated 

 by Mr. Finn and will stand as P. atrigula. 



(75) P. BENGALENSis. — The Black-throated Weaver-bird. 

 Oates, No. 722 ; Hume, No. 696. 

 Very common. T am not sure whether they are resident or not, as I have 

 never shot any from December to the middle of June, The earliest nest 

 was taken on the 10th July and the latest on the 14th September. I have 

 found their nests in sugarcane and also in ekri. Out of 103 eggs taken, 54 

 were got ia August, 47 in July and only 2 in September. Three or four is 

 the usual complement of eggs, twice or thrice I have found five and once 

 I took seven out of the sameinest, probably the latter were the produce of 

 two pairs of birds. I have also found a single young one in a nest. Many 

 eggs are destroyed by the pretty little long-tailed Tree-mouse V. oleracea. I 

 have several times caught it in these birds' nests. 



(76) P. MANYAK.^ — The Striated Weaver-bird. 

 Oates, No. 723 ; Hume, No. 695. 

 I have not noticed this species in this subdivision, but probably it is to be 

 found in the rushes near the large jheels. I have, I am sorry to say, never had 

 an opportunity to visit any of them. 



Subfamily Viduince- 

 (77) Mdnia ATEiCAPiLLA.^The Chestnut-bellied Munia, 

 Oates, No. 726 ; Hume, No. 698. 

 Very common round about Jainagar and Narhar during the breeding season. 

 It arrives about the third week in June and remains, I think, till the end of 

 November. It commences laying in July, the earliest nest being taken on 

 the 15th of that month and finishes by the end of September. It builds its 

 nests in the same situations as P. bengalensis, both species often breeding 

 together. All the nests were from 5 to 6 ft. from the ground. The 

 usual complement of eggs is five or six. I once found seven and have 

 taken three young from a nest. The greatest number of eggs are got in 

 August. 



(78) Ukoloncha MALABAKiCA. — The White-throated Munia. 

 Oates, No. 734 ; Hume, No, 703. 

 Very common. January and June are the only months during which I have 

 failed to find their nest. Besides building in the orthodox situations, viz., 

 thorny bushes, they also build on mango and kheirlrees (.4. catechu') bamboos, 

 coccanut palms and in suparcanc ; one nest I took from a small hole in a 

 teet stack and one from a jack tree {A. integrtfolia) sapling. One pail" 

 took possession of a nest of Ploceus bengalensis. I have never focnd 

 more than seven eggs in any nest, and have several times seen only a 



