troublesori v" H tbej eon* 



-!.!■ r it propitious it' -••■ -n m 5 .« >n the da] which conclnd 1 1 - ■> rah 



or I' -ii\ali, 11ml 1 1 i - « • 1 1 : 1 r •_' « ■ tlnir matchlocks to |"it it 



on the wing. The Binnabs commonly tend parties to prooon the 

 if this bird."- C. W. & 

 Thai bird often ihooti up perpendicularly into the ling 



as it Jim-'., ami then with as sudden ami marls as steep a d( 



plnngee towards the earth, but onh t" shoot up again. This it often 

 continues for some minutes, till it settles on a bough. 



When attacked b] ■ hawk it ihowi g tj bj twisting itaelf 



at the moment of the bawk'i itoop, andwhi with it - 1 



tul beak it often seriouslj wounds the legs of its captor. TTie Datives 



1 timet breaks it- V _--. hi en] rate if has <1 • thu 



in tin- case of the Shikra ( Microninu badbui). 



1 . ii-r 1.1.-. tm-iI this bird flying steadily forward, when presentl] 

 an insect some varus beneath ittracted it> attention, after which it 

 dived with 1 -ml. 1. 11 twist, seised it, end pursued it- course, 



m BiNOiifisMoa, Lath. Native name, Lemdor 01 



I- rati shy, especially towards roosting-time. A specimen killed 

 ■ 1 1 i -an 1 hi r mi the t reived two shots and died after rcp< 



attempti to strangle it. It ottered ■ shrill sound lik<- kUk while on 

 the tree end when wounded. In its belli was found ■ hard lump 

 tin- bbc of ■ pige m*a egg, which on being cut open was found filled 

 with the fruit of the Peepnl and other ti 



r m- immi \n -. Briss. Native name, QaUmr. 



■ninl- in ever] part of India. The] fly in great flocks to the 

 fields and gardens, thej flj . W ben perched on a I 



the Kite will someti p down on them end carry one <>tr in 



l . rest '1" not sttempt ■ rescue, but fly in circles, 

 1 '. dcatroj much more fruit than the] 

 biting it off and letting it foil ; this it Rnerally miripe fruit. The 

 ■racks these birds b] night, ami their feathers ma] somel 

 • n in the moruing strewing the ground* They make tlnir 



in hi till nml tr> 



On a journey in Bobucund l flj out from a tree with 



asm, nml. taking ■ circuit in the k to the tree, 



when, the tip of n branch for too slender to bear its 



_• mund nml round as if for amusement, ami thus 

 turn. iilt«, till b] a spiral motion it ascend* 



the firm part of the branch. 



.'1 1 PaUBOBJftf crasfoenraALUS, Linn. Native name, TWs 



/ 



I , the fruit of the Peepul 



i' 1 1 1 i.\ u 01 ' Nat /' / 



