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USSBSj Wfttl r. which hot M thej draw tlnir 



from thai element. The JTtls^a is very common throughout 



l.W. P in- nil I \ t<> pool , luit 



frequ i to other places. I have often seen ■ \ 



themi my compound, and nt watching for bourt il ■ time on 



-u. \ projecting from a " chopper" "r the l»rnuiii of ■ tree in 

 tin- compound, i or lixai li and mice, which I bare seen them fly el 

 and eaten, and awallovi after killing them bj beating them against 

 itick the) perch on. 

 Thii bird becomes ven familiar where il ii n<>t moleated. I 

 ght with lime-twigs baited with a mouse <>r .1 mole-cri< 



16. < irvij \\ki\, 8trickl. Native name, Sufid KUkila. 



Tlii- Kingfisher is rery numerous, and i- evidently a more retired 

 bird tlmn the preceding, and ia only to I"- Been over rrren and large 

 lake-, n • ■ • 1 teldom, it ever, near the babitationa of men i over the 

 former il may be seen hovering with its win-- in rapid motion, ba- 

 lancing itself in the air whilst watching the fish, on which it plunges 

 \%nli toe twiftness of lightning. It' -in-cost'iil, it flics to tin- n 

 Iwnk and eata it- prej si leisure; if not, it flies on ■ ihorl dista 

 with its eyes fixed on the water till another fish sttraeti ita atten- 

 tion, when it r.-j n-.it - it- former manoeuvre. KrareealsM i- another 

 e applied by 1 1 » «- nathrea to this bird. 



17. Ti BITBJti PARADI8I, I. inn. Native name, Tnhliih. 



l>r. Iffniraj seya thai the chestnut and the white l » i r « 1 are the 



different rth; thai the chestnul ii the 



colour of the young one, and thai when thej moull they become 



white. The prool -. thai be bai cimena i! 



tlnir moult, when the) are partly clothed in their old chestnut, ann 



pnrth iii tin Ben wh 



I in a pair, one white and the other cinnamon, following each 

 other, and I should taj the] were male and female. 



Tin- bird can eL i ■ pleasure. In general it ii 



cumbi 



18. Pr.RirHot koti s -i'ii Ki-i -, Lath. Satin name, shah- 

 A tpi. 



These birda are rerj rastleaa, and frequent tin- top- ..t in-h in.-, 

 ami r\ir chaning their j»r«-\ . Tin \ generally tl \ in pail I 



- aSSerl that tlir malt lin- seven females in In- trnin. wl 

 - the above name, ami ah *i A X</. 



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rfliri 



! '. in. an d l 



i I ' .ilntilr an. I agfle. I loud 



lie. 



