304 On the Oology of India. [April, 



dozen brought me at different times by natives, together with young 

 ones in all stages.* 



38. Podiceps minor. — " Pundoob." Dobchick. Nest very large, flat, 

 of interwoven weeds, grass, water mosses, &c. floating but moored to 

 reeds, &c. Egg solitary (?), very large for the bird, pointed at both 

 ends ; lf-xl. Dirty white, marked with pale brownish stains. July. 



39. Coracias hengalensis. — " Tas" or " Neel Khunt." Indian Rol- 

 ler. Nest rather large, thin, scanty, of twigs and grasses within, 

 loosely put together, on medium-sized trees, generally at summits and 

 near water. Eggs 4 or 5. "About the size of a Dove's," broad but 

 rather pointed at ends, full deep Antwerp blue. July. 



40. Halcyon smyrnensis. — " Much runga." Nest not brought me. 

 Eggs 3, very round, f -}xf f ; semi-transparent and fleshy white. 



41. Acridotheres tristis. — " Bunnee" or " Saloo," common Mynar 

 Nest large, coarse, of twigs, and grass within, on trees or in out-houses, 

 verandas, &c. Eggs 4, 1*|-J '■> rounder than eggs of Sturnus contra— 

 pale greenish blue. July. 



42. Dicrurus macrocercus : D. albirictus^ (Hodgson), " Finga," 

 " King crow." Nest made on summits of thick bushes, or midway 

 up medium-sized trees. Concealed in the trunk ; hemispherical, 6 to 8 

 inches in diameter, of coarse grasses, fibrous roots lined with finer grass 

 and wool. Eggs 3 to 5, ordinary, yf Xy-g- ; dullish white, with scattered 

 blots and spots of pale brown, especially at blunt end. June. 



Note. Several of these nests and eggs were brought to me and by some 

 averred to be of Lanius nigriceps, Franklin. But, unless satisfactorily 

 known to the contrary, I am inclined to attribute them to the Fingah. 



43. Ciconia leucocephala : C. bicaudata, (mihi). The " Manik- 

 jore." Nest large, flat, of branches and twigs and lined with hay, 

 sometimes fragments of snakes' skins — high up on lofty trees, such 

 as the Seemul. Eggs 3, ordinary, 2f %2 ; plain white. 



44. Pycnonotus hengalensis. — Common " Bulbul." Nest small, 

 hemispherical, 4 inches diameter, of fibrous roots and fine grasses. Eggs 



• The egg described by me was one of several produced by the female of a pair of 

 tame Sarrus, and there can be no mistake respecting it. — E. B. 



t It is surely better to adopt this most characteristic specific than adhere to the old 

 "macrocercus," which to this hour it is impossible to say, applies to this bird or to 

 " annectans," (Hodgson). " Balicassius" being equally confounded with the two. 



