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to 3 inches. Sexes alike. Tliese birds are great freąuenters of 

 the Ficus Indica, Ficiis religiosa, and Cactus Opuntia, for their 

 fruit. Insects also are found in the stomach. Birds lively and 

 elegant in flight, 



Fam. Corvidce, Leacb. Genus Corvus, Auct. 



117. Corvus culminatus. Corv. suprd splendenti-ater ; subtus 

 Juliginoso-ater ; rostri culmine elevalo. 



Longitudo corporis 14 unc, cauda 7. 

 Smaller than the European Crovi. These birds are remarkable 

 for their audacity. BilI with a considerable culmen. 



118. Corvus splendens, Vieill. Common Croa; of India. 



This is no doubt Vieillot's splendid Crow, but in the thousands 

 Colonel Sykes has met with he never saw the plumage orna- 

 mented with the pronounced green and blue in Vieillot's plate. 

 Has the noisy, impudent, and troubiesome habits of the English 

 Croxu. Length 18 inches, inclusive of tail of 6 inches. A 

 wounded Crow was put into the cage with a Viverra Indica, 

 in the expectation that the latter wou]d make a meal of it. 

 The Crotu however stood so vigorously on the defensive, that 

 a treaty of peace ensued, and they lived amicably together for 

 Severai weeks, the Croiv partaking of the food of the Civet until 

 it died from its wound. 



Genus Coracias, Linn. Roller, 



1 19. Coracias Indica, Linn. Coracias Bevgalensis, Steph. Blue Jay 



from the East Indies, Edw., pi. 326. 

 Very common in Dukhun. Called Tas, from its note, by the 

 Mahrattas. Sexes do not differ in size or plumage. Irides 

 intense red brown. A grasshopper 2| inches long wa8 found 

 in the stomach of one bird, Length 13-Htr inches, inclusive of 

 tail of 4fTTr inches. 



Fam. BuceridcBy Leach. 



Hornbills are by no means rare in Dukhun, but from accident 

 Colonel Sykes had not a specimen to produce. 



Tribus Scansores, Auct. 

 Fam. PsittacidcB, Leach, — Genus Paleeornis, Vigors. 



120. Palceornis torguatus, Vigors. 



Appear in considerable flocks in Dukhun, and are very destruc- 

 tive to the crops, particularly to the Carthamus Persicus. Fond 

 also of the fruit of the Melia Azadirackta. The female differs 

 from the malė only in vvanting the collar, and has in conse- 

 quence been considered to belong to a difFerent .<;pecies. The 

 Mahrattas call the bird Ragoo and Keeruh. Length I75 inches, 

 inclusive of tail of 91 inches. 



121. Pal^ornis melanorhynchus. Pal. viridis, corpore sultus, 



notd circumoculari, dorsoque imo pollidioribiis ; capite, colio in 

 fronte nuchaąue, columbino-canis ; rostro, torqueque collari latd 



