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Shrike {Dicrurus ater). It is a noisy bird in the breeding season, and 

 keeps up its plaintive cries for a long spell at a time, sometimes hidden 

 in the dense foliage of some extra well- covered tree, at other times seated 

 high up on the topmost branch of a tall and sparsely foliaged one. 

 It calls on moonlight nights, as well as in the daytime. Its flight is 

 direct and rapid, and it is a rather shy bird, not allowing a close approach 

 unless it thinks it is very well hidden. 



(To be continued.) 



