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cicapa ceeruleocephala, Muscicapa picata, Rhipidura albo- 
frontata, Rhipidura fuscoventris, Dicrurus Balcassius, Di- 
erurus corulescens, Hypsipetus Ganeesa, Collurio Lahtora, 
Collurio erythronotus, Collurio Hardwick, Lanius Musci- 
eapoides, Graucalus Papuensis, Ceblepyris fimbriatus, Ceble- 
pyris canus, Oriolus galbula, Oriolus melanocephalus, Oriolus 
Kundoo, Turdus macrourus, Turdus Saularis, Turdus cya- 
notus, Petrocincla Pandoo, Petrocincla Maal, Petrocincla 
einclorhyncha, Timalia Malcolmi, Timalia Somervillet, Ti- 
malia Chatarea, Ixos jocosus, Ixos cafer, Ixos fulicatus, Po- 
matorhinus Horsfieldiz, Iora Tiphia, Sylvia montana, Sylvia 
sylviella, Sylvia Rama, Prinia socialis, Prinia inornata, Or- 
thotomus Bennettiz, Orthotomus Lingoo, Budytes citreola, 
Budytes melanocephala, Budytes Beema, Motacilla variegata, 
Motacilla Dukhunensis, Megalurus ruficeps, Anthus agilis, 
Saxicola rubicola, Saxicola bicolor, Saxicola rubeculoides, 
Saxicola erythropygia, Phenicura atrata, Pheenicura Sueciea, 
Parus atriceps, Parus xanthogenys, Alauda Gulgula, Alauda 
Deva, Alauda Dukhunensis, Mirafra phenicura, Emberiza 
melanocephala, Emberiza hortulana, Emberiza cristata, Em- 
beriza subcristata, Linaria Amandava, Ploceus Philippensis, 
Ploceus flavicollis, Fringilla crucigera, Lonchura nisoria, 
Lonchura cheet, Lonchura leuconota, Passer domesticus, Pas- 
tor tristis, Pastor Mahrattensis, Pastor roseus, Pastor Pago- 
darum, Corvus culminatus, Corvus splendens, Coracias Indica, 
Buceros, several species, Paleornis torquatus, Paleornis me- 
lanorhynchus, Bucco Philippensis, Bucco caniceps, Picus 
Mahrattensis, Upupa minor, Leptosomus Afer, Eudynamys 
orientalis, Cuculus canorus, Cuculus fugax, Centropus Phi- 
_ lippensis, Chloropsis aurifrons, Cinnyris lepida, Cinnyris 
eurrucaria, Cinnyris Vigorsii, Cinnyris minima, Cinnyris 
_ Mahrattensis, and finally, Cinnyris concolor. The above 
catalogue requires very few observations. The weaver-bird, 
_ Ploceus Philippensis, is remarkable for its pendent nest, woven 
_ in the most curious and ingenious manner from fibres of grass. 
_ Not less curious are the nests produced by the tailor-birds, 
_ the Prinia socialis and the Orthotomus Bennettii, which sew 
leaves together to inclose their nests, with the skill of a veri- 
_ table knight of the thimble. The lark, Alauda Gulgula, has 
the habits and delightful song of the skylark of Europe; 
and two or three species of the genera Budytes and Mota- 
cilla have sweet notes: the Collurio Lahtora has also a sweet 
note. The Muscipeta Paradisa and Indica are distinguished 
for their beautifully elongated tail-feathers. The Coracias 
Indica is characterized by its splendid colouring; and not 
‘less so is the Cinnyris Vigorsii, The cuckoo is the identical 
