BIRDS OF GONDA DISTRICT. 
757 
No. 
Scientific name. 
English name. 
Remarks. 
469 
Lanins lathora 
Grey Shrike 
Builds in date palms and thorny 
trees, common in open plains, 
Babul jungle. February to 
April. 
476 
Lanius erythronotus 
Rufous -backed 
Shrike. 
Fairly common, breeds in July. 
Nests in thorny bushes, bam- 
boos, also trees. 
500 
Pericrocotus pere- 
grinus. 
Small Minivet 
June, July. Beautiful little cup 
shaped nest at ends of boughs 
of small trees, or even bushes. 
510 
Graucalus macii . . 
Large Cuckoo-shrike 
Nest, a pad placed high up in 
tall trees. June. Eggs 2. 
518 
Oriolus kundoo 
Oriole 
Common, June, July, 
521 
Oriolus melanocepli- 
alus. 
Black-headed Oriole. 
Breeds in the forests generally 
but a few in the plains. They 
migrate in large numbers to 
the forests to breed in May. 
544 
Temenuchus pago- 
darum. 
Black-headed Myna 
Very common. Nearly every 
tree has a pair nesting in one 
of its holes. April, June. 
549 
Acridotheres tristis. 
Common Myna 
Very common, any hole it can 
find unoccupied. 
551 
Acridotheres gingi- 
nianus. 
Bank Myna 
Holes in wells, also banks of 
streams. May, June. 
555 
Sturnopastor contra 
Pied Myna 
Fairly common, but rather 
local. May, onwards. 
576 
Cyomis tickelli 
Tickell’s Blue Fly- 
catcher. 
Forests. Nest in holes of trees. 
June. 
598 
Terpsiphone paradisi 
Paradise Fly*catch- 
er. 
In forests and plains, but more 
common in forests. May, 
June. 
604 
Rhipidura albifron- 
tata. 
White-browed Fan- 
tail Flycatcher. 
Fairly common. Constructs a 
beautiful Uttle nest on top 
of a thin bough, generally 
a small tree. One pair built 
on top of tie-rod of verandah. 
June, July. 
608 
Pratincola caprata . 
Pied Bush Chat 
March, April. Nests in holes of 
railway borrow pits, wells, 
etc. 
