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unwanted call, it is forthwith taught to res- 

 pect the alphabet of etiquette. This is 

 what an observer writes, *' I was watching a 

 male bird singing while his mate sat on the 

 nest close by, when an inquisitive Black - 

 throated Jay {Garrulus lanceolatus) invaded 

 the precincts of the nest. Wifch an angry 

 ^churr' the male bird hurled the Jay into 

 the Viburnum faetens scrub below and, to 

 judge from the sounds that issued therefrom, 

 *boulbou? was having all the fun. Presently 

 the combatants separated and the Jay re- 

 appeared flying unsteadily down the khud 

 and minus some of his pteryllic adornment, 

 while gallant Ouzel returned to his perch 



and resumed his song At 



Dunga Gali I saw a Himalayan 

 Whistling Thrush attacked in much the 

 same way for unwittingly venturing into 

 the vicinity of a nest of the present 

 species." 



The South Indian Black-bird is not 

 as exclusive as its northern cousin. In 

 winter it meets in flocks. The Ceylon 



