CHAP. Will.' I OTHER ANIMALS. 22; 



Common Pariah Kitr (Milvus govinda) feeds largely on 

 particularly on grasshoppers and especially when these 

 .ire presenl in large and destructive numbers. In the Bella ry dis- 

 trict this bird has proved most useful in the control of the I I 

 Grasshopper, and in towns and villages il tvenger, 



clearing up offal and g d thus helping to redui e fli< 



\ isional chicken taken now and again musl nol be 



regarded as a offset to its beneficial qualities. Much the same 

 remarks applj to the Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus). 



The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus coromandus), as its name implies, 

 n attending cattle and picking off leeches and 

 other pests and also catching grasshoppers and other insects which 

 -lurbed as the cattle walk along. In the stomachs of three 

 hirds examined by Mason, out of [66 insects no less than 160 be- 

 longed to injurious species : these figures speak for themselves. 

 This bird also feeds to a small extent on fish, frogs and tadpoles, 

 hut it is distinctly beneficial from an agricultural standpoint. 



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• n been regarded a- ol neutral or negative value, 

 but these opinions are perhaps tinged by obser these 



birds in towns, where their morals have doubtless degenerated as 

 a result 'lion with human society. Under such conditions 



the crow h. nger and parasite. But in the 



country, where the crow ha- to work for his own living, his habits 



