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tella apud Sundevall (but quite distinct from Acr. cristatellus 

 (Linn.) of China), is the JhSnt Sdlik, or Jhontee Maina of the 

 Musselmans (meaning ' Crested Mynah'). Acr. ginginianus is 

 the Gang Sdlik (or ' Ganges Mynah/ from its inhabiting the 

 river-banks). Gr acuta intermedia (p. 305) is the Pdhdred Maina 

 (or ( Hill Mynah ') ; and it is very rarely that the smaller spe- 

 cies of South India and Ceylon, for which M. Sundevall mistakes 

 it, is obtainable in the Calcutta bird bazaar. Sturnus contra is the 

 Ablacdh (' Pied ') of the Musselmans, and Guay-lackrd (or ' Dirt- 

 eater ') of the Hindoos. I have never heard it termed Kalickia. 



The doubtfully cited Corvus enca (No. 38) is the C. culminatus, 

 Sykes, the common Indian black crow, distinct from C. macro- 

 rhynchus, Vieillot : both of these occur at Malacca. 



The supposed Hirundo rustica (No. 39) must have been H. gut- 

 turalis, Scopoli, v. H.jewan, Sykes, &c. The other swallow seen 

 was probably H. daurica. 



The native name for Woodpeckers in general is Kdt-tokrd (or 

 literally, ' Woodpecker ') . 



Bucco indicus, Lath., No. 44 (p. 397). Probably distinct from 

 B. philippensis (verus). Its name is not " Benebo," which is a 

 way of spelling the native appellation of the oriole ; but Bussunt- 

 booree is the equivalent for Barbet, the present species bearing 

 the prefix of chota (or ' small '), and B. asiaticus (Lath.), v. cya- 

 nicollis, Vieillot, that of Burr a (or 'large'). Both, as M. Sun- 

 devall remarks, are exceedingly common, and they are exclusively 

 frugivorous. 



Cuculus varius, Vahl (No. 46), is termed Chdk-gallo ; not Sik- 

 krea, which means Shikra (or Hawk, Chicquera, auct.), for which 

 a native will very commonly mistake a dead cuckoo, as I have 

 observed repeatedly. And a living Chdk-gallo in a cage will ge- 

 nerally, by a dealer, be called Bo,oo-cotdko, in the hope of pass- 

 ing it off for that more highly-prized species, the C. micropterus, 

 Gould. 



Eudynamys orientalis (L.), No. 47, does not construct a nest, 

 but lays its egg in that of a crow ; the i Kokeel's ' (or female 

 1 CoelV) egg much resembling a crow's egg in its colouring, being 

 however considerably smaller. The name Bhdt Sdlik refers to 

 Acridotheres tristis. 



Centropus philippensis, Cuv. (No. 48), is known as the ' Kooka/ 

 It is identical with C. bubutus, Horsfield, but not with Cuculus 

 bubutus of Raffles, which is Cent, eurycercus, A. Hay. The latter 

 is not Indian ; but both species occur at Malacca, together with 

 a third which is common to Tndia and the Malay countries, C. 

 Lathami (Shaw), v. lepidus, Horsfield, and the adult of which was 

 termed by me C. dimidiatus, and more recently C. rectunguis by 



