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CATALOGUE. 
Acridotheres griseus, apud Blyth, J. A. 8. Beng. XY. 
p. 33 ; Ann. Nat. Hist. XII. pp. 320, 384; Cat. JB. 
Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 108. Sutton, J. A. S. Beng. 
XVII. pt. 2, ^. 8. Tgtler, Ann. Nat. Hist. XIII. 
n. s. p. 368 ; XIV. p. 174. 
Sub-crested Mynah, BlytJi. 
Dusky Mynah, Blyth. 
Jhontee Maina, or Jhont Salie, Bengal, Blyth. 
DzA-BEK-MONK-TENG, Arracau, Bhayre. 
A. Dukhun. {P. Tmhrattensis^ Sykes.) Presented by 
Colonel Sykes. 
h. Young. Madras. From "Wight's Collection. 
c. d. Adult and young. Assam. From McClelland's 
Collection. 
e.f. g. h. Adults. Nepal. {M. cristatelldideSj Hodgs.) 
Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
h. China. From Reeves's Collection. 
i. j. h. Adult and young. Tenasserim. From Heifer's 
Collection. 
I. m. n. Pinang and Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 
1854. 
Colonel Sykes remarks : " Sexes alike. Found only in the Ghauts. 
Stony fruit taken from the stomach of three birds. Irides grey." 
" Found in great abundance on the Neilgherries, where it accom- 
panies cattle like the A. tristis (whose place it supplies here), and 
also frequents gardens, eating various seeds and fruit. I have also 
seen this species in the "Wynaad, and, I believe, also in Mysore. 
Irides greyish-white." — (Jerdon.) 
In Nepal, Mr. Hodgson remarks, "perpetually associating with 
A. tristis ; every large flock of which has many individuals of this 
bird among them." 
" Always nidificates in the hollow of trees. Common in Bengal." 
-(Blyth.) 
"In the neighbourhood of Dacca, this bird builds in the old 
temples and houses about the sepoys' huts : this is rather curious ; 
for at Masuri, in the Himalayas, they invariably select large trees 
for their nests. It is not unusual, during the hours of parade in the 
morning, to see numbers of these birds feeding fearlessly near the 
