CHAPTER XXI. 



THE MYNAS. 



THE European Starling is common enough in the 

 north of India, but does not roam so far south as 

 Bombay. Its place is taken, however, by a group 

 of birds which, though very differently dressed, can- 



Brahminy ' Mynas. 



not disguise their relationship to the starling, for 

 the family features are too plain. In the air they 

 have the same direct, business like flight ; on the 

 ground the same parade-step ; they have the same 

 flexible voice and talent for mimicry; they make 

 their nests in holes and lay blue eggs. Of course I 



