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migration. It breeds from April to July, making a big 
nest of grass, &c., in a bush, and laying three or four 
greenish-white eggs with reddish spots. It is some- 
times caged, and is a splendid singer; and it certainly 
does well in confinement. 
Before leaving the larger Thrushes, it may be mention- 
ed for the benefit of the many admirers of that bird, 
that the European Song-Thrush (Turdus musicus) will 
live well for years in India, and” give its characteristic 
song at the proper season. Almost all, ; however, 
become subject to an excessive overgrowth of 
the scales of the feet, as do some of the Indian Thrushes. 
This bird may be safely kept with small Finches, but it 
would not be wise to trust all Thrushes in such com- 
pany. 
Tue Duayat (Copsychus saularis) is figured on Plate 1 
(Fig. 4), and the plumage of the male thus needs no de- 
scription, being simply black-and-white, whence he is 
sometimes called the Magpie-Robin. The female is 
similarly marked, but dark grey instead of black, and the 
young resemble her, with buff mottling on the breast 
and wings. The Dhayal is one of the most beautifully 
proportioned of all small birds, and very graceful in its 
movements either on the wing, on the ground, or in 
trees. It is a common garden-bird, almost all over the 
Empire, but does not range very high up the hills. 
In Burma and the Andamans it is tamer than in India, 
and will even come into verandahs. I have never seen 
it so numerous anywhere as on Ross Island in the 
Andamans, where every morning the air was full of the 
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