BIRDS OF (WNDA DISTRICT. 
769 
No. 
J Scientific name. 
1 
1 
1 
English name. 
Remai’ks. 
775 
Gyinnorhis flavicolli.s 
Yellow-throated 
Sparrow. 
Holes in trees, one of the most 
difficult birds to obtain the 
eggs of you either find none 
or chicks. April to June. 
776 
Passei’ domcsticus 
Sparrow 
Very common. 
809 
Cotile sinensis 
Sand Martin 
Very common. Holes of river 
banks, wells, even banks of 
ditches. .January. Febniary. 
818 
[Hirundo smithii . . 
Wire tailed Swallow 
1 
Generally under bridges. One 
nest taken from a well. Feb- 
ruary to April. 
819 
Hirundo fiuvieola . . 
Clift’ Swallow 
January, under large railway 
bridges. 
82.3 
Hirundo erythropy- 
gia. 
Sykes’ Striated 
Swallow. 
Under culverts, and attached to 
roofs of old buildings. Sep- 
tember. 
831 
Motacilla maderas- 
patensis. 
Large Pied Wagtail. 
Nest with chicks among roots 
of tree in streams. Maj'. 
847 
Antbus rufulus 
Indian Pipit 
Very common. Grass of fie 
ridges in fact anywhere whe 
patches of grass are found. 
868 
Alauda gulguia 
Sky Lark . . 
Not common. Nest taken in 
short gra.ss on edge of jhed. 
April 
866 
Alaudiila raytal 
Ganges Sandlark . . 
/ 
Only one place have I found 
this bird breeding, this 
was among sand dunes on the 
bank of a large lake. Nests 
placed in tufts of coarse grass. 
April. 
869 
Mirafra cantillans . 
Singing Bush Lark . 
Very local. Open grass plains, 
borders of rivers and marsh- 
es. April, May. 
871 
Mirafra erythrop- 
tera. 
Red-winged Bush 
Lark. 
Common, breeds from March 
to August, probably two 
broods, nest domed, and on 
ground, in grass or thorny 
busb. 
24 
