PLOCEUS. 597 



Pastor malaharicus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ.^ vol. xiii, p. 138, 1844. 



Sturnia malaharica, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 363, 1844 ; id., Cat. Mus., As. Soc, 

 Bengal, p. 110,1850 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., 

 p. 90. 



Pastor canicej)s, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 84; Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xii, p. 97. 



Pastor blythii, Gray, Cat. B. Nep., Coll. Hodgs., p. 104, 1846. 



Hetarornis malaharicus, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 335, 1847 ; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 419, 1850. 



TemenucJius malabaricns, Cab., Mus. Hein., th. i, p. 204, 1850 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 

 E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 530, 1856 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 330, 1864 ; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, 

 p. 20, 1870; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 419; Hume, t. c, p. 480 ; id.. Nests and Eggs, 

 Ind. B., p. 433, 1873; id., Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 323; Butler, t. c, p. 494; Armstrong, 

 op. cit., 1876, p. 332; Hume, t. c, p. 402; id., op. cit., 1877, p. 38; Butler, t. c, 1877, p. 

 230; Godwin- Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 83. 



a, b. t Muangla, 12th May 1868. 



These birds are paler on tlie belly and head than Bengal specimens of this 

 species. It is common in the Sanda vaUey, but I did not notice it in the Nantin or 

 Momien valleys farther to the east. 



Family— PLOCUIIJj^. 



Genus Ploceus, Cuvier. 

 52. Ploceus bata, Blyth. 



PloceuspMlippinensis, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 94 ; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 25, 1840 ; 



Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xi,pp. 871, 889, 1842; Strickl., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 



vol. xiv, p. 553, 1845 ; Tickell, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xvii, p. 299, 1848 ; Blyth, Cat. 



B. Mus., As. Soc, Bengal, p. 115, 1849; Burgess, Proc Zool. Soc, 1852, p. 88; Layard, Ann. 



Nat. Hist., vol. xiii, 2nd Ser., p. 257, 1854; Tytler, /. c, p. 368. 

 Ploceus bayob, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 945, 1844; Bonap. Consp., t. i., p. 442, 1850; 



Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein., th. i, p. 180, 1851 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B, Mus. E. Ind. 



Co., p. 515, 1856-58 ; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 343, 1863; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 44, 



1870 ; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxix, p. 110, 1870 ; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. 



Soc, 1872, p. 463; Adam., Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 387 ; Hume, op. cit, 1874, p. 481 ; 



Ball, t.c, p. 420; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 436, 1873; id.. Stray Feathers, 



1875, p. 153; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 92; 



Butler, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 39; Fairbank, t. c, p. 260; Hume, op. cit., 1877, p. 323. 

 Ploceus atriijula, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844. 

 Ploceus passerimis, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844. 

 Euplectes baya, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xiii, p. 134, 1844. 

 Fringilla hengalensis, Sundev., Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. xviii, p. 260, 1846. 

 Euplectes Jlaviceps, Hodgs., Cat. B., Nep., p. 105, 1846. 



Bhamo, 3rd February 1868. 



Very common, building in bushes in long grass. On my return to Bhamo in 

 September I found many nests of this bird on partiaUy submerged bushes at con- 

 siderable distances from the land. 



I did not observe it on the Chinese side of the Kakhyen hills. 



