58 ANIMALS OF NO IMPORTANCE. 



like those of crows, are not often seen. These birds, 

 although they seem to take a positive delight in obtruding 

 themselves on man, appear to object to his prying into their 

 domestic arrangements, and so carefully conceal their nests. 

 Mynas are thirsty birds, and, like Englishmen, are very 

 fond of cold baths. But the bathing of mynas is far too 

 important a subject to be crowded into the tail-end of an 

 article. It merits a monograph to itself. 



