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crossed at the London Zoological Gardens 

 and the hybrids proved to be fertile. 

 If this be the case, I believe the Larsfe 

 Pied Wagtail of India might prove an 

 interesting study for the mule-breeder. 



Below I ojive an account of this 

 Wagtail in captivity as recorded by an 

 European in the Journal of the Bom- 

 bay Natural History Society — 



"One day I saw hung up in a cage in 

 the Neemuch Bazaar two half-fledged 

 specimens of the bird. They were being 

 fed on a mixture of ground parched 

 gram (satoo) moistened with ghi. I was 

 informed that they had been taken from 

 their nest only a few days before, and 

 fed on nothing else. I passed on thinking 

 that of course such a purely insectivorous 

 bird would never flourish on this diet. 

 However, a fortnight after I found one 

 still living, the other having died. The 

 owner seeing me interested in it offered 

 it to me, so I took it home and had a 

 spacious wicker cage made for it. 



