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and died shortly after. The other lived 

 with me for sometime but as I could not 

 keep up a sufficient supply of insects, it 

 eventually died. In India, adult birds 

 are seldom welcomed, because they are 

 far less adaptible than nestlings. But 

 wild adult Khanjans, caught by bird-lime, 

 are less shy than many other birds ; for 

 they begin to sing quite freely a day or 

 two after their capture. And they do 

 not take long to adapt themselves to 

 artificial rations. The Khanjan is in- 

 tolerant of the company of its kind 

 and of other wagtails. So it is never wise 

 to keep more than a pair together. A 

 Khanjan, in my aviary even when it was 

 a very young bird, showed fight with a 

 perfectly healthy and adult White Wag- 

 tail {Motacilla alba), 



Butler prescribes biscuits, eggs, ants' 

 eggs, and dried flies, and adds that a 

 small quantity of ground lentils would 

 not be injurious. He understands that 

 the Pied and Grey Wagtails successfully 



