Writing from Nepal, Dr. Scully says:—­“This species is common and a permanent resident in the Valley of Nepal, but does not occur in such great numbers as A. tristis.  It is also found in tolerable abundance in the Nawakot district and the Hetoura Dun in winter.  It breeds in the Valley in May and June, laying in holes in trees or walls; the eggs are very like those of A. tristis, but smaller—­not so broad.  I noticed on two or three occasions an albino of this species, which was greatly persecuted by the Crows.”

Mr. G. Vidal remarks of this bird in the South Konkan:—­“Exceedingly common.  Breeds in May.  The irides of all I have seen were pale slate-blue.”

“In the Nilgiris,” writes Mr. Wait, “the Jungle Myna’s eggs may be found at any time from the end of February to the beginning of July.  They nest in chimneys, hollow trees, holes in stone walls, &c., filling in the hole with hay, straw, moss, and twigs, and lining the cavity with feathers.  They lay from three to five long, oval, greenish-blue eggs, a shade darker than those of the English Starling.”

From Kotagherry Miss Cockburn tells us that “these Mynas breed in the months of March and April, and construct their nests (which consist of a few straws, sticks, and feathers put carelessly together) in the holes of trees and old thatched houses.  They lay five or six eggs of a beautiful light blue, and are extremely careful of their young.  The nests of these birds are so common in the months above mentioned that herd-boys have brought me more than fifty eggs at a time.

“About a year ago a pair took up their abode in my pigeon-cot, and although the eggs were often destroyed they would not leave the place, but continued to lay in the same nest.  At last one of them was caught; the other went away, but returned the next day accompanied by a new mate.  At length the hole was shut up, as they committed great depredations in the garden, and were useful only in giving a sudden sharp cry of alarm when the Mhorunghee Hawk-Eagle, a terrible enemy to Pigeons, made its appearance, thus enabling the gardeners to balk him of his intended victim.”

Dr. Jerdon states that “it is most abundant on the Nilgiris, where it is a permanent resident, breeding in holes in trees, making a large nest of moss and feathers, and laying three to five eggs of a pale greenish-blue colour.”

Mr. C.J.W.  Taylor informs us that at Manzeerabad, in Mysore, this Myna is common everywhere, and breeds in April and May.

Captain Horace Terry notes that in the Pulney hills the Jungle Myna nests in April.

Mr. Rhodes W. Morgan, writing from South India, says in ’The Ibis’:—­“It breeds on the Neilgherries in holes of trees.  The hole is filled up with sticks to within about a foot of the entrance, and a smooth lining of paper, rags, feathers, &c. laid down, on which are deposited from two to six light blue eggs.  The young are fed on small frogs, grasshoppers, and fruit.  An egg measured 1.2 inch by .88.  Breeds in May.”