40 THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



I have, however, never seen young crows and young koels being 

 fed together after leaving the nest, which would certainly have been 

 the case had the two species of birds been reared up in the same 

 family. 



8. C. insolens. Burmese House-crow. The usual pest. B. N. 

 H. S. J., XVII, 184. 



Pica. Very omnivorous. (Jerd. B. I., II, 305). 



Magpies rob and kill a bulbul. (B. N. H. S. J., XIII, 184). 



Magpies eat eggs of Amaurornis phcenicurus. (B. N. H. S. J., 

 XIV, 776). Magpies suck eggs ; Magpies (and Jays) feed largely 

 on the ground and eat slugs, snails, worms, insects, nuts, acorns, 

 grain, seeds of Conifers and other fruits. 



Urocissa. Chiefly on large insects. (F. L, I, 26). 



12. U. occipitalis. Eed-billed Blue Magpie. It will eat raw 

 meat, young or small birds, insects, and indeed almost any kind of 

 food. (Jerd. B. L, II, 310). 



13. U. ftavirostris. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie. Chiefly on 

 large insects, grasshoppers, locusts, &c. (Jerd. B. I., II, 311). 



14. Cissa chinensis. Green Magpie. Grasshoppers, locusts, 

 mantids, &c., off leaves and branches. . . . Also small birds. Highly 

 ca,rnivorous. (Jerd. B. I., II, 312). 



Birds. (A. S. B., XXXIX, II, 109). 



Dendrocittince. Fruit and insects, and occasionally even cap- 

 ture young and sickly birds. (Jerd. B. L, II, 313). 



16. Dendrocitta rufa. Indian Tree Pie. At times it feeds 

 almost exclusively on fruit, at other times on insects, grasshoppers, 

 locusts, mantides, and caterpillars. Mr. Smith says, he had known 

 this bird enter a verandah of a house, nip off half a dozen young 

 geraniums, visit a cage of small birds, begin by stealing the grain, 

 and end by killing and eating the birds. Mr. Buckland informs me 

 that he has known it enter a verandah and catch bats. (Jerd., 

 B. L, II, 314). 



