354, 



IX. 



The Bay a, or Bottle-vested Sparrow, on the Rose-Acacia, or Bawbul 



Tree of Gazerat, 



This impression is from a chalk-drawing on stone, afterwards coloured 

 from the original drawing, which was made in the forests ofTurcaseer, where 

 thesehirds abound. It represents the male, with the nest in which he perches 

 and sings to the female during the season of incubation, suspended to a 

 branch of the rose-coloured Mimosa, or Bawbul-tree, which produces a 

 gum similar to the gum-arabic. The baya is fully described at p. 48, 

 Vol. I. 



X. 



Nests of the Baya, or Bottle-nested Sparrow, with the Mhadavi 



Creeper. 



The Nests here represented are smaller than the nidifications of the 

 Baya, especially in the neck of the bottle, or entrance of the nest, which 

 is generally proportionably longer. The Mhadavi (Ipotnea, Lin.) is one 

 of the loveliest flowers in the gardens of Hindostan, and a great favourite 

 with the oriental females of every description. It is mentioned in many 

 parts of these Memoirs, and particularly described in the chapter on the 

 Natural History of Bombay. 



XI. 



The Tailor Birds of Hindostan, Male and Female. 



There are many varieties of the Motacilla Sutoria in different parts of In- 

 dia. Those delineated in this plate were drawn from a pair, who constructed 

 their nest exactly as here represented, (except being more concealed by 

 the leaves of the Convolvulus), in my garden at Bombay. Few Tailor-birds 



