ORNITHOLOGY. 271 



WANDERING PIE. 



This is a handsome bird with a long tail, the feathers 

 of which are tipped with black, while the back is of a cin- 

 namon colour. The Karens call it the tiger-king crow, 

 but naturalists class it with the wattle crows, and Wagler 

 places it in the same genus as the magpie. 



Crypsirina vagabunda. 



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THE SATIN CROW, OR BENTEOT. 



The benteot is a species of the same genus as the pre- 

 ceding, and has the same vernacular names. Mr. Blyth. 

 wrote of a specimen that I sent him: "A bird which I have 

 only seen from Tenasserim and Java — never from the 

 Malay Peninsula." It is quite common in the, neighbor- 

 hood of Maulmain. and its rarity in India makes it worthy 

 of special attention to collectors. 



Crypsirina* varians, Vieillot. 



Phrenotrix te?nia, Hors. 



TALKING MYNAH. 



This is the black mynah, with a yellow head-band, so 

 often seen in cages in this country, and which learns to 

 falk as readily as a parrot. 

 Gracula religwsa. 



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PIED STARLING. 



The pied starling abounds in the compounds and fields 

 ofTavoy, and is often seen perched upon the back of 

 the buffalo gathering insects. 

 Sturnus contra. 



SUB-CRESTED MYNAH. 



This mynah is as numerous at Maulmain as the pied 

 fading at Tavoy, They build their nests in the hollows 



• Dendroeitia, Gould. 



