PLOCEUS. 597 



Fastor malalaricus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xiii, p. 138^ 1844. 



Sturnia malabarica, 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. 



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



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



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



Temenuchus malalaricus, 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. h. % Muangla, 12tli May 1868. 



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

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

 Momien valleys farther to the east. 



YwcAj—FLOCmDM. 



Genus Ploceus, Cuvier. 

 52. Ploceus baya, Blyth. 



Ploceus pUlippinensis, 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, I. c, p. 368. 

 Ploceus hai/a, 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. 



Cc, 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, Jom-n. As. Soc, Bengal, voh xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 92; 



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

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

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

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

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

 Ewplectesflaviceps, Hodgs., Cat. B., Nep., p. 105, 1846. 



Bhamo, 3rd February 1868. 



Very common, building in bushes in long gi-ass. On my return to Bhamo in 

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

 siderable distances from the land. 



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



