Descriptive List of the Common Birds 
This bird is not found in Eastern Bengal, or 
in the eastern portion of Bengal proper. It is 
found all the year round in most parts of India, 
but is merely a summer visitor to the Punjab, 
N.W. F. P., and the Himalayas. 
45. Ortolus melanocephalus: ‘The Black- 
headed Oriole. (F. 521), (J. 472 and 473), 
(- III.) 
Very much like the last species, but is dis- 
tinguishable by having the whole head, chin, 
throat, and upper breast black. 
Not found in the Punjab, or N.W. F. P., or 
in the Himalayas. (Illus. G. B., p. 163; also 
I. F.,. py 128.) 
The Grackles, or Hill Mynas, 46 and 47 
As these birds are almost exclusively con- 
fined to hilly and well-wooded regions they 
can scarcely be numbered among the common 
birds of the plains of India; but as they are 
so very frequently seen in cages, I mention 
them. 
They are larger than the common myna, but 
have a much shorter tail. They are glossy black 
birds with a conspicuous white wing bar. 
Beak orange-yellow, legs pale yellow. Their 
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