546 ' Mr. W. Jesse on the 
good eating, and I have often knocked a few over for the 
pot on my way home. 
Reid wrote : — ''^ When migrating in April they often 
depart in flocks of countless numbers. When on the 
Volunteer Rifle Range on the 31st April last (1881), a 
flock passed across the range^ covering its entire length of 
900 yards and extending far beyond the Butts, presenting 
a dense and zigzag column fully 40 yards in breadth — a 
sight to see and hear."*^ 
No. 534. *Sturnus purpurascens. Gould's Starling. 
Shortly before his death, Reid, knowing that I was 
revising his ^^ list/'' wrote to me to say that amongst 
some skins of S. menzbieri sent by him to the British 
Museum one was identified by Dr. Bowdler Sharpe as 
belonging to this species. 
No. 538. Sturnia malabarica. Grey-headed Myna. 
Pawai [H., teste Reid]. 
According to Reid, this bird is a permanent resident. 
It may be so, but I doubt the fact, as I cannot recall an 
instance of having actually seen it in a wild state. 
No. 544. Temenuchus pagodarum. Black-headed Myna. 
Pawai, Popoya maina, and Kala-sir Maina [H.]. 
The Pawai, as this bird is commonly called by everyone, 
native and European alike, is not nearly so numerous here 
as it is at many other stations. I have seen it chiefly in the 
avenues in cantonments, at Dilkusha Gardens, and near the 
Residency. It breeds from May to July, in holes of trees 
such as mango, pepul, siris, or sheshum. Most of my nests 
have been empty or have contained young birds, but on one 
occasion I took four light blue eggs out of a hole in a 
sheshum not far from the Mahomed Bagh Club. The nest 
was composed of hay, rags, &c., and was filthily dirty and 
smelt like a Hoopoe^s — only worse, if possible. The usual 
number of eggs in a clutch appears to be three. 
Average of 11 Lucknow eg-g-s -99" x '70" 
Measurement of largest e^g 1-04" X "72' 
„ smallest eg^ -94" x -66" 
