548 Mr. W. Jesse on the 
No. 555. Sturnopastor contra. Pied Myna, 
Abulka-mainaj Ablak-maina [H.]. Abulka [Anglo- 
Indian boys] . 
The Pied Myna is a very common and permanent resident. 
It is not inclined to unite in separate flocks, but joins 
witb tbe Common and Bank Mvnas. Like the former, 
it is particularly partial to native villages. It breeds from 
the end of May to the end of July, but most e£:o:s are laid 
in June shortly after the first fall of rain. The nest is 
a shapeless bundle of straw_, rags, paper, grass, &c., lined 
with feathers, and having a hole at the side. If a babool — 
prefei entially one in the middle of a native village — is handy, 
it is selected, but almost any tree will do if that fails. The 
eggs are usually three or four, sometimes five, light to fairly 
dark blue in colour, and rather glossy. 
Average of 13 Liicknow eggs 1'09" x '77"- 
Measurement of largest e^^ 1"14" x "80" 
„ smaUest &^^^ 1-06" X -75" 
No. 561. SiPHiA PARVA. European Red-breasted Fly- 
catcher. 
This Flycatcher is fairly common durino^ the cold weather, 
frequenting man go- topes, gardens, and trees along the 
railway-lines. It is an active little bird^ constantly darting 
from its perch, and returning after a moment or two to the 
same spot. It departs about March, or, according to Reid, 
not until April. 
No. 562. SiPHiA ALBiciLLA. Eastern Red-breasted Fly- 
catcher. 
1 have not shot many of these little Flycatchers. They 
look so pretty that, in common with many other species, I 
. have spared them, as a rule. It is impossible to distinguish 
between S. parva and >S^. albicilla, unless the bird is in the 
hand, and probably I have often confounded the two. Reid 
says that he thinks one is about as common as the other, 
and I expect that he is not far wrong. 
