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" amply fupplied by their wonderful fagacity, in which 

 « they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of the 

 « foreft." 



Passerine. 



The Pagoda l'hruJJj,~-'\u. 140, is efteemed among the fineft 

 chorifters of India, It fits perched on the facred Pagodas, and 

 from thence delivers its melodious fong. The fore part is pale 

 rufous, the creft is compofed of long narrow black feathers, 

 thofe on the breaft and belly refemble a cock's hackle ; back and 

 wings cinereous. 



The Cbinefe 'Thrti/hj — vii. 141, is found in Bengal, where Chinese 

 it is called the Jive brothers-, being ufually feen in flocks 

 of fives. 



The Dauma Tbriijlj^ — vii. 145, is called in Bengal, Cowal, Dauma. 



- . ^ ,- . 1, • . , , ,- •, Thrush. 



from Its note. Gorges iruit till it grows torpid, and after that 

 difgorges the ftones. The Mogul ufed to forbid his army to 

 keep the field when this bird appeared. 



The Lovely Finch, — vii. 168, the fame with the Beautiful, 

 — iii. p. 226. PL Enl. 203. G04, muft be noted, if but for its 

 names, which it well merits. 



I HAVE, at p. 207 of the preceding volume, taken notice of 

 the Pied Flycatcher. I here again bring it to view, as its fong 

 is fo highly efteemed in Be?igal that it is named Cbawbul, or 

 the king of the finging birds. The male is the pied, Edw. i. th€ 

 female, that with the cinnamon colored back, Edw. 325. 



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