< ' rHOTOM - i i»m.h \i i»\, <.nnl. 



M .'. • • leu I i "ii low bushes aud on the ground, but 



ii in the tope of 1"« thorny treet. It feed* on imall 

 tender caterpil grasshoppers, with which, when obtained, m 



ibove in 

 will hop down nii'l return the compliment bj inquisitirely looking, 

 :n eye, then with the other, al the itranger, ana $i i \< n 

 ■ distance, uttering at the uune time a loud chirp. Having 



■ another tree. This I hav< 

 I. 



Buorres tiridis, Gmel. me, Pila Mwmoim. 



i much rarer bird than MotaeiUc In: 



ao active « In- 1 1 on the ground ; it remaini more in one place, ami 

 \.ij; the tail •<■> much. I hare never observed nore than 



N i moi:i( «)i \ in mi \, (Jini-l. N* a t i \ . - name, Miiinoln. 



Thia 11. as be obaerred in ahnftflanf ••' Brindabun in flocka of ni 

 .-lit. They prefer bunting in damp grata in the open fielda in 



tin- iin>ri, 



i i \MMti i.i.v muiiniuinii, Ternm ime,BA«- 



<jrra. 



rved here in the col uly. 



\i.\i i>\ t in v in. ..I. \. Prankl. Native name, 1 



I i- highly |>ri/.-.l by bird-fancaers in India, care 



- .1 ran one 



irtimi of' the night. A fiuiir, im>s<|iu- in the 



the city, keeps all kinds • >(" F.arks in neat brass-wire cages. 



in. I'.l rises int«> the air • till daybreak 



doling tin ri.ii i - . 



MlKUlM i'MMIl \, M'( "It lluii.l. \ tul. 



( i here, and ma) be oba* rved in the morning and evi 



;i a naked bank, and there pouring i"nrtli I time 



itt song, which consists of about eight notes, the first -i\ rerj quickly 



•nl the t h v*l\ . thui 



I ;n. I tin' young but 



. the ground, and bidet 



nl nnvtln 



I', intiii LAO DA < D nk Chan 



.in.! Hull.; ; 



i bird iniiliN its neal ground under a tnft of graaa. I 



l.ir.is are nearly i>t" tin ur n> the gro und , ami th. 



oaotaooleai until you alm.'st put your them. In running 



about the} crouch lime, wheno their i 



