11. _Myiophoneus horsfieldi_. The Malabar whistling-thrush or idle schoolboy. This fine but shy bird is found on the streams up to 6000 feet. It is a bird as large as a crow, with glossy black plumage, in which are patches of bright cobalt blue. It is better known to the ear than to the eye. It emits a number of cheerful whistling notes. THE SITTIDAE OR NUTHATCH FAMILY 12. _Sitta frontalis_. The velvet-fronted blue nuthatch. This bird is found in every part of the Palnis where there are trees. THE DICRURIDAE OR DRONGO FAMILY 13. _Chaptia aenea_. The bronzed drongo. This species is not often seen at altitudes of more than 5000 feet above sea-level. It is like the common king-crow in appearance, but the plumage is glossed with a bronze sheen, and the tail is less markedly forked. THE SYLVIIDAE OR WARBLER FAMILY 14. _Orthotomus sartorius_. The tailor bird. This has been seen as high as 5500 feet above the sea-level. 15. _Prinia socialis_. The ashy wren-warbler. 16. _Prinia inorata_. The Indian wren-warbler. This is very like the ashy wren-warbler in appearance. Its upper plumage is earthy-brown, and not reddish brown, and it does not make during flight the curious snapping noise so characteristic of _P. socialis_. THE LANIIDAE OR SHRIKE FAMILY 17. _Lanius erythronotus_. The rufous-backed shrike. 18. _Pericrocotus flammeus_. The orange minivet. This beautiful bird occurs from the bottom to the top of the Palnis. 19. _Pericrocotus peregrinus_. The little minivet. This is a bird of the plains rather than of the hills. But as Fairbank observed it in the Palnis as high as 5000 feet, it is given a place in this list. _Cock_: Head and shoulders slaty grey, lower back deep scarlet, wings black with red bar, tail black with red at tip, chin and throat blackish, breast scarlet; lower plumage orange yellow. _Hen_: upper parts grey, lower parts creamy white, wing brown with yellow or orange bar, tail black with red tip. This species is smaller than a sparrow, but the tail is 3 inches long. THE ORIOLIDAE OR ORIOLE FAMILY 20. _Oriolus melanocephalus_. The black-headed oriole. This species has been seen as high as 5000 feet above the sea-level. The cock is bright yellow, with a black head and some black in the wings and tail. The hen is of a much duller yellow and has the back tinged with green. THE STURNIDAE OR STARLING FAMILY Fairbank does not mention the jungle myna (_AEthiopsar fuscus_) in his list of the birds of the Palnis (_Stray Feathers_, vol. v, 1877). Yet this is precisely the myna one would expect to find on the Palnis, and it should be looked for. 21. On the other hand, the Brahmany myna (_Temenuchus pagodarum_), which is essentially a bird of the plains, is said by Fairbank to occur "well up the hillsides." Of the common myna (_Acridotheres tristis_), he writes: "This is common around villages at 4000 feet."