Indian Birds 



with the locality, being hghtest in the Punjab.) 

 Nesting season May to July, or later. Nest 

 like that of i. In Burma this species is re- 

 placed by the next. (Illus. B. D., p. i68; also 

 B. P., p. 190, and B. B., p. 117.) 



4. Corvus insolens : The Burmese House 

 Crow. (F. 8), (IV.) 



A form of C sflendens in which the neck 

 plumage is nearly as dark as that of the other 

 parts. 



5. Dendrocitta rufa : The Indian Tree-pie. 

 (F. 16), (J. 674), ( + 11, but with tail a foot in 

 length.) 



Head, neck, and breast brownish black ; 

 body chestnut; silver-grey on the wings. Tail 

 greyish with broad black band at the tip. 

 During flight the tail assumes a curious shape 

 owing to the fact that the feathers which 

 compose it are graduated in length; the 

 median pair is twelve inches long, the next 

 pair is shorter, and so on, the outer pair being 

 only about half the length of the median pair. 

 This bird has a curious metalHc call which 

 may be syllabised coch-lee, coch-lee, or cogee, 

 cogee. It also emits a great variety of harsh 

 cries. Breeds from April to August. The 

 nest is a large cup high up in a tree. 

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