STUENINiE. 831 



Hodgson — P. pagodamm, female, apud Wagler and McLelland 

 — Paivi, H. and Desi-paioi, Beng. Pali palisa, Tel. 



The Grey-headed Myna. 



Descr. — Upper parts grey ; the forehead and throat whitish, the 

 feathers being centred white, and the former, occasionally, pure 

 white; entire under parts, from the foreneck, ferruginous buff (some 

 of the feathers of the breast also centred with whitish), deep coloured 

 in old males, faint in young and in females; quills black ; the inner 

 web deep brown ; the primaries slightly glossed and faintly tipped 

 with grey; the middle tail feathers grey, the rest dusky, succes- 

 sively more broadly tipped with deep ferruginous. The colors fade 

 much by abrasion, and become more nearly uniform. 



Bill blue at the base, greenish in the middle, and yellow at the 

 tip ; irides greyish white ; legs dull yellow. Length 7^ inches ; 

 wing 4 ; tail 2| ; bill at front T 6 p ; tarsus 1 . 



The young birds are nearly all grey, lighter beneath, and with 

 rufous tips to the outer tail-feathers. 



The Grey-headed Myna is found throughout India, but somewhat 

 locally distributed. It is most common in the North of India, 

 in lower Bengal, extending to the Upper Provinces and Central 

 India, but in smaller numbers. In the South of India, it is only 

 a cold weather visitant. It extends to Assam, and Tenasserim. 



It feeds chiefly on trees, on various fruit and seeds, also on 

 insects, and lives in small flocks ; has the usual chattering notes of 

 the Mynas, and a pleasant song. Tytler says that they build in 

 the hollows of trees. 



689. Temenuchus Blythii, Jerdon. 



Pastor, apud Jerdon, 2nd Suppl. Cat. 166 — P. Malabaricus, 

 apud Jerdon, Cat. 166 — Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn., pi. 22 — Blyth, 

 Cat. 586— Horsf., Cat. 805— 



The White-headed Myna. 



Descr. — Whole head with long crest, neck, throat, and breast, 

 silky-white ; back and scapulars grey ; belly and under tail-coverts 

 deep rufous ; wing-coverts and outer web of most of the quills, and 



