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destroying eggs of 

 hosts 295-96; female 

 takes charge of you- 

 ng, according to 

 Gates 300-01 ; flight 

 294, 295 ; food in 

 captivity 314, 315 ; 

 frugivorous 292,310 ; 

 habitat 288-89 ; In- 

 dian cages 315 ; me- 

 thod of outwitting 

 crows 294-95 ; popu- 

 lar with Indians 284- 

 S5, 314 ; resemblan- 

 ce between koel's and 

 crow's eggs 312; 

 resident in some 

 places of Bengal 

 290-91 ; resorts 291- 

 292 ; song in captivi- 

 ty 316; superfluous 

 in aviaries of Indian 

 Zoo Gardens 317 ; 

 victimises two speci- 

 es of crows 312 ; 

 whether female carries 

 eggs in bills to place 



in nest 297-98 ; ycung- 

 hand-fed for longer 

 period 315 ; young 

 very clamorous 301 

 Kokil, 306 



Lark. I2(>65, 258, 259 ^ 

 adaptibility to cli- 

 matic conditions 136- 

 37 ; breeding in capti- 

 vity 158-61 ; capti- 

 ^'ity 155-61 ; eco- 

 nomically beneficial 

 150 ; Eha on the 

 field -observation of 

 Larks 133-34 ; first- 

 hand field observa- 

 tion meagre 133-34 > 

 food 149 ; food in 

 captivity 157 ; Indi- 

 an cages 155-57 J 

 intimate with keeper 

 157 ; Is caging Larks 

 a cruelty ? 128- 

 29 ; Larks as food 

 137; mock-combats^ 

 136 



