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  Mr. 
  C. 
  Hose 
  on 
  the 
  Avifauna 
  of 
  

  

  Family 
  Sturnid^. 
  

  

  122. 
  Calornis 
  chalybea, 
  

  

  Calornis 
  chalybea 
  (Horsf.); 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  143; 
  

   Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  143. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  Glossy 
  Starling 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  filling 
  

   the 
  Casuarina 
  trees. 
  In 
  habits 
  very 
  like 
  our 
  common 
  English 
  

   bird. 
  Native 
  name 
  " 
  Empialing." 
  

  

  123. 
  Gracula 
  javanensis. 
  

  

  Eulabes 
  javanensis 
  (Osbeck) 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  102 
  ; 
  

   Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  144. 
  

  

  Gracula 
  javanensis, 
  Blyth 
  [cf. 
  Scl. 
  Ibis, 
  1892, 
  p. 
  102). 
  

  

  Common 
  everywhere, 
  in 
  pairs. 
  A 
  good 
  whistler 
  and 
  

   talker, 
  and 
  often 
  trained 
  by 
  the 
  Malays 
  and 
  Chinese. 
  Native 
  

   name 
  "Tiong.^' 
  

  

  Family 
  Artamid^e. 
  

  

  124. 
  Artamus 
  leucogaster. 
  

  

  Artamus 
  leucorhynchus 
  (L.) 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  144. 
  

  

  Artamus 
  leucogaster 
  (Val.) 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  4. 
  

  

  This 
  Wood-Swallow 
  nests 
  at 
  a 
  good 
  height, 
  generally 
  about 
  

   twenty-five 
  or 
  thirty 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  the 
  nest 
  is 
  

   placed 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  a 
  stub, 
  where 
  the 
  tree 
  has 
  been 
  

   broken 
  off. 
  The 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  are 
  peculiar. 
  It 
  is 
  fond 
  

   of 
  perching 
  on 
  the 
  dead 
  bough 
  of 
  a 
  tree, 
  whence 
  it 
  sails 
  off 
  

   with 
  a 
  swallow-like 
  flight. 
  It 
  is 
  essentially 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  

   clearings, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  affect 
  the 
  jungle. 
  

  

  Family 
  Corvid^e. 
  

  

  125. 
  CORVUS 
  TENUIROSTRIS. 
  

  

  Corvus 
  tenuirostris, 
  Moore; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  145. 
  

  

  Native 
  name 
  "Burong 
  Kak.'^ 
  These 
  Crows 
  are 
  common 
  

   all 
  through 
  the 
  low 
  country, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  ascend 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  height. 
  

  

  126. 
  Dendrocitta 
  cinerascens. 
  

  

  Dendrocitta 
  cinerascens, 
  Sharpe, 
  Ibis, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  250, 
  pi. 
  viii. 
  ; 
  

   Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  147. 
  

  

  This 
  pretty 
  Magpie 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  features 
  of 
  Mount 
  

   Dulit 
  between 
  8000 
  and 
  5000 
  feet, 
  where 
  its 
  anvil-sounding 
  

  

  