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THE FOOD OP BIRDS IN INDIA. 



PSITTACI. 

 PSITTACID.S:. 



STRIGES. 



ACCIPITRES. 

 FALCONID.SJ. 



COT;CMBIDJE. 



GALLING. 

 PHASIANID.I. 



HEMIPODII. 



ORALLY 

 RALLIDJB. 



LIMICOL^E. 



OEDICNEMID^;. 



Eudynamia honorata. Koel. Neutral. 



Feeds on useless fruits. 



Taccocua leschenaulti. Sirkeen Cuckoo. Beneficial. 



Fed on Opatrum, which though a harmless insect 



in Pusa, is elsewhere destructive to potatoes. 

 Centropu-f sinensis. Common Coucal or Crow- Beneficial. 



pheasant. Doubtfully beneficial. 

 Parrots. 



Palceorni-i torquatiis. Rose-ringed Parroquet. Injurious 



' ' The greatest bird-pest we have in India. ' ' 



Owls. 



Athene brama. Spotted Owlet. Beneficial. 



The stomach records are too few for any definite 



conclusion, but the evidence is in favour of it 



being beneficial. 



Butastur teesa. White-eyed Buzzard Eagle. Beneficial. 



Haliastur Indus. Brahminy Kite. Beneficial. 



Distinctly beneficial. 



Milvus govinda. Common Pariah Kite. Beneficial. 



Distinctly beneficial, except that it eats chickens. 



Atur badius. Shikra. Beneficial. 



Perm's cristatus. Crested Honey Buzzard. Beneficial. 



Pigeons and Doves. 



Crocopus phcenicopterus. Bengal Green Pigeon. Neutral. 



Turtur suratensis. Spotted Dove. Injurious. 



Turtur risorius. Indian Ring Dove. Injurious. 



Francolinus vulgaris. Black Partridge. Beneficial. 



Turnix tanki. Indian Button Quail. Beneficial. 



Amaurornis phcenicurus. White-breasted Water- 

 hen. Beneficial. 



Sypheotis bengalensis. Bengal Florican. ? 



I cannot class this, one Polistet is worth how many 

 Chrotogonus 1 



Oedicnemus scolopax. Stone Curlew. Beneficial. 



Sarcogrammus indicus. Red-wattled Lapwing. Beneficial. 



Hoplopteruft ventralis. Indian Spur-winged Plo- 



Aeyialitii dubia. Little Ringed Plover. 



Neutral. 



