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9. LANIUS Insidiatok* 

 Biang, or Kalaloyang. w>JI)l^ .cL- 



Also BURONG KLING. wji^ fj# 



Is allied to the L. Malabaricus, particularly by the form of its 

 bill, which is regularly curved, slightly notched at the point, 

 and not hooked, carinate and arched above, the curve of the 

 lower mandible corresponding with that of the upper. The 

 tail-feathers are nearly equal, none of them elongated as in 

 the preceding. The whole bird is of a greenish-black, with a 

 glossy metallic lustre, exhibiting according to the light chan- 

 ging shades of copper and green. The wings extend to about 

 half the length of the tail, and have the three first feathers of 

 about equal length. The bill and legs are black. The irids 

 crimson. 



The name of Burong Kling has been appropriated to this bird, 

 because he is black and has red eyes ; sure signs, it is said, of a 

 bad character ; and also because, when he settles on a tree, he 

 generally leaves behind him the seed of the fig or other parasitic- 

 plant, which, growing, in time chokes and destroys the tree that 

 nourished and protected it. Such is said to be the conduct of 

 the men of Kling or Coromandel to those who receive them. 



10. LANIUS musicus. 



MOORAI, Or MOORAI KlCIIOU. ^f>~£= cSjy< 



The Dial Bird, or Tardus Mindanensis of Gmelin and Gracula 

 saalaris of Linnaeus ; now with more propriety placed under 

 Lanius. 



It is one of the few singing-birds of India, and its note is pleas- 

 ing. It is about eight inches and a half in length. In the 



* Turdus chalybeus. Horsfield, p. 148. 



female 



