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going out one has flown as far as the gate and perched there, 

 cawing, as much as to say " good-bye/' That they recognize 

 individuals there is no doubt, treating my wife and myself 

 with confidence, but distrusting the servants and strangers. 



They nested last spring in a big tree on the lawn in front 

 of the house, and as soon as their two young birds could fly 

 the old pair brought them over and we threw them food. 

 This went ou till the young ones could quite look after 

 themselves, when the parents one day drove them off" and 

 they never returned. After absences of six and eight weeks 

 respectively, during which the house was shut up, the very 

 first morning we were back the pair of Crows were at the 

 window as usual. The old birds were beginning to collect 

 pieces of wood for nest-building as early as the 5th of 

 January ; the young birds were flying about by the last week 

 in April. 



2. Pycnonotus sp. inc. 



A brown inconspicuous Bulbul, which frequents the thickest- 

 leaved trees and is very shy. 



3. DicRURUS sp. inc. 



A King-Crow is sometimes seen in the garden, but whether 

 it is D. ater or D. annectens I am not certain. 



4. DiSSEMURUS PARADISEUS (LiuU.). 



Tlie Racket-tailed King-Crows, though so common in the 

 country, are unfortunately rare visitors in our compound, as 

 they are the finest songsters we have. We notice them 

 occasionally in May and June. They well deserve the name 

 of " King-Crow/^ for one of them will chase an unfortunate 

 Crow about the garden for a long time. Why the Crows let 

 themselves be harried and bullied by these comparatively 

 little birds I cannot imagine. 



5. Orthotomus sutorius (Forst.). 



The Tailor-bird lives all the year round in the Wang Na, 

 and is one of our commonest birds, graceful in its movements 

 and uttering a loud cheerful chirping. 



