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PASSERES. 



CORVID.. 



PARING. 



CRATEROPODID^:. 



DICRURID^E. 



LANIID^E. 



Corvusmacrorhynchus. Jungle Crow. Beneficial. 



The balance is in favour of this bird, the insects 

 it eats being destructive ones feeding on germi- 

 nating crops. It is on the other hand injurious 

 by digging up seeds but as every Astycus and 

 Chrotogonus eaten would probably have des- 

 troyed hundreds of seedlings, the insect-eating 

 aspect is by far the more valuable. 



Corvtis splendens. Indian House Crow. Beneficial. 



The five of the 20-6-09, eating Ophiusa melicerte 

 show how difficult it is to judge from stomachs ; 

 had these birds not been included, the injurious 

 aspect of this bird would have outweighed the 

 beneficial. Personally I hold that the benefi- 

 cial action of this bird in disposing of insects of 

 this sort when they are abundant outweighs its 

 injurious action. 



Dendrocitta rufa. Indian Tree-Pie. Beneficial. 



Distinctly beneficial. 



Parus atriceps. Indian Grey Tit. "Beneficial. 



A very beneficial species. Any bird that specialises 

 on Myllocerus and Tanymecus deserves the 

 greatest encouragement. 

 Crateropus canorus. The Seven Sisters. Jungle 



Babbler. Beneficial. 



Distinctly beneficial. 



Zosterops palpebrosa. Indian White-eye. Beneficial. 



Injurious insects are eaten, the vegetable matter 



taken being unimportant. 



Aegithina tiphia. Common Tara. Beneficial. 



The injurious insects eaten are important ones. 

 Molpastes bengalensis. Bengal Redvented Bulbul. Beneficial. 

 Very clearly beneficial and should be vigorously 



protected and encouraged. 



Sitta castaneiventris. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch. Beneficial. 



The food is insect, many destructive species 



probably being eaten. 



Dicrurus ater. The King-Crow. Beneficial. 



The food is largely destructive insects and the bird 



is most valuable. 

 Warblers. 



Orthotomus sutorius. Indian Tailor Bird. Beneficial. 



Cisticola cursitans. Rufous Fantail-Warbler. Beneficial. 



PhyUoscopus tristis. Brown Willow- Warbler. Beneficial. 



Phylloscopus fuscatus. Dusky Willow- Warbler. Beneficial. 



Lanius cristatus. Brown Shrike. Beneficial. 



A bird that feeds on Chrotogonus and Myllocerus 



is beneficial. 



Pericrocotus peregrinus. Small Minivet. Beneficial. 



Oraucalus macii. Large Cuckoo-Shrike. Beneficial. 



Fed almost wholly on injurious insects, 



