630 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol, XIII. 
(44) STuRNIA MALABARICA.— The Grey-headed Myna, 
Oates, No. 538 ; Hume, No. 688. 
Very common, It commences building in the middle of April, but does not 
lay till the middle of May, and goes on till the middle of July. Most of the 
few nests taken were in holes in mango trees, usually old holes formerly 
tenanted by woodpeckers or barbets, but I have seen them take possession 
of # newly-excavated one, turning out the rightful owners. I have never 
found more than four eggs in any nest, and on one occasion, one contained 
only a single young one. 
(45) TEMENUCHUS PAGODARUM.—The Black-headed Mynah. 
Oates, No, 544 ; Hume, No. 687. 
UL have never seen it wild in the baa. but Mr. Scroope found it 
common in the neighbourhood of Pandoul in the south of the district dur- 
ing June, but sawit nowhere else. He also found it breeding there in a 
hole in a Siris tree (A. speciosa) in July. I sawa young bird in a cage that 
had been got from a nest there. I believe they disappear from there 
after breeding, as on visiting Pandoul about Christmas time, I was told that 
they had just returned again, Near Baghownie, however, they are not very 
rare and are resident, At one place, four or five miles from the factory one 
or two are nearly always to be seen. I was unsuccessful, however, in finding 
their nests, though a female shot in July was certainly breeding, Mr, G. 
Dalgliesh has also procured specimens near Dalsing Sarai. 
(46) AcriporHERES TRISTIS—The Common Mynah, 
Oates, No, 549 ; Hume, No. 684. 
Abundant everywhere. I have often found their nests on trees and 
palms, A peculiarly coloured specimen shot at Jainagar has been recorded 
‘in this Journal, I saw a deformed bird, with a regular humped back, 
several times at the same place. 
(47) A. GinciInIANus.—The Bank Mynah, 
- Oates, No. 551 ; Hume, No. 685, 
Very common locally; it breeds here in numbers in the banks of the Kamla 
from the middle of April to the beginning of July. I have never found more 
than sixteen pairs breeding in company, sometimes there being only three 
pairs together. In 1899 many nests were washed away by the river rising, six- 
teen were destroyed in April and two in June, and on the 10th of the latter 
month, a nest containing two eggs was found which was also washed away 
by the 13th. Numbers of these Mynahs congregate in the indigo fields while 
the plant is being cut, picking up the numerous insects found there; they 
also keep much with cattle, sometimes picking insects off the animals’ legs. 
(48) AirHiopsaR Fruscus.—The Jungle Mynah, 
Oates, No. 552 ; Hume, No. 686. 
Fairly common, but much scarcer than the former species. I do not think 
they breed within our limits as I have never come across their nest, nor 
