304 M. Sundevall on the Birds of Calcutta. 



insects, especially crickets. They will by no means live on meat. 

 The Bengal name is Salik (the i short and accented). Their pro- 

 pagation is unknown to me. 



33. Gracula crist at ella, Linn. — Pastor cristatellus,^ 7 ^/. Cinereo- 

 fusca, fronte cristata ; macula parva nuda pone oculos, rostro basi 

 nigro, pedibusque luteis ; remigibus basi, rectricibus apice, crissoque 

 albis. 



$ crista densiore, tectricibus primariis totis albis. Ala 120 mill., 

 tarsus 35, cauda 77. — $ tectricibus primariis basi nigris ; ala 115, 

 tarsus 33, cauda 70. Priori angustior, rostro paullo longiore. Lin- 

 gua prioris, sed apice paullulum lacera. Iris flavissima, lata. Plumse 

 capitis erectiles ; anticse antrorsum spectantes, reetae, non reflexiles, 

 longit. 10 millim. cristam compressam in basi rostri formantes. 

 Margo carpi et tectrices inferiores cinereae, in priori albae. Abdomen 

 fulvescenti albidum. 



Occurs less abundantly than the preceding, and frequents trees 

 more. I only found this species solitary, not in flocks, from 

 February to May. The note was less chattering, and the males 

 were heard to sing agreeably enough, most like our Magpie 

 or Starling. The feathers of the head in the males are raised 

 and depressed almost constantly. While walking, the head is 

 carried less high than that of the former species. In the stomach 

 were found seeds and remains of fruit. By the natives this spe- 

 cies was called indifferently Majna and Sallik, which name how- 

 ever applies also to Gracula tristis and religiosa. 



34. Gracula rosea, Cuv. ; Nillson, Skand. Faun. ; Gloger, Eur. 

 p. 169. — Pastor roseus, Temm., Wagl. 



Pallide rubicunda ; capite lateribus vix nudo, collo pectoreque an- 

 tico, alis caudaque totis nigris. 



Adulta rosea et nigra ; capitis plumse longae, curvatae, lacerae, at- 

 tenuatae. 



$ juv. (e Ceylon, Dec). Superne fuscescens, subtus albida, ru- 

 bicundo tincta, crisso nigro -maculato. Partes nigrae impure coloratae. 

 Plumse capitis mediocres, rotundatae, appressae. Alarum plumse tenue 

 griseo-marginatae. Rostrum superne nigrum, subtus flavescens. 

 Pedes pallide fuscescentes. Iris obscura. Long. &J poll. ; ala 127 

 mill., cauda 72. 



While sailing in the Indian sea, two young individuals came 

 on board ; one near the southern point of Ceylon, Dec. 14 ; the 

 other alighted on the ship halfway between Ceylon and the 

 north point of Sumatra, at least 100 geographic miles from each, 

 and 80 or 90 miles from the Andaman isles. The wind had 

 been north-west, so that it probably came from the Indian coast. 

 Both these birds soon became so tame as to eat out of the hand, 

 and we fed them abundantly on cockroaches (Blatta germanica) 

 which swarmed during the voyage. In Bengal I never saw this 



