KM 



I .1 1 i.r. i- ..i \_-i t inl ill il tin- bird la\ - 



in tin m-t 1. 1 u . ui. I tli. it it l>rniL'-> up the young bird, 



i bird in. Hindu poetrj under toe nunc 



BUDYNAMYS ORIKNTALll* LUUL Nutm nan • A 



'1" lii— ie common in the neighbourhood. It i- ■ very ickle bird, 



ig many moments on any onetl I lb ml nil the 



time it i- on tin trii in -i arch of food, apparently utl riona 



with Xi/, /.//., kiA, then /.••■'. *©JM» 

 and often : wlf km, h i crow, but in 



June itli. 1849, I obse r v e d ■ femaJi A (ceding hei full- 

 grown young "in- with pipul fruit. The young one wai perfectly 

 ia the mother, but it- tail not so t'ulU developed i it- 

 colour, however, wai bo unlike, that had 1 not teen it being fed In 

 the A'<* /, inn! t"< > r : 1 1 > • 1 1 <_r time cloeelj obce r r e d their exact nmilaritj 

 of ihape, their similar mode "i bopping from branch to branch, ami 

 rt ui' tin young following the female when the Sen to another 

 trrr, I ihould have never believed it possible that tins could b 



Tin- young was ui a brownish colour, covered 

 with .lark brown luir- all over, except tin- top of it- bead, which an- 



1 dark brown ot black ; it- ; - liirht-rnlournl, and the 



tail with broad whit'- and brown banda. 



• it appears either thai BomeJEoi h rear their own \ o 

 entirely, or thai they watch till the crow turn- them < mt of the 



and then take- the charge of them. An intelligent native confirms 



ipposition, ami -ay- that at Qwalior, in tin- huge n 

 lt.i\. a from the time it ha- laid - 1 1 \ . 



• !a\ (although peraecuted when aeen by the a 

 r the wi (fare "t" its young. This it continues till thi 



drives out the fledgi d young one, when the mother tin - off with it. 



I I. . '. id. 



Th. II mmon in Imlia. I ooceaaw ■ fighl between ■ 



[J Thll hiril m \i r 



hut mi tin ground, wh< ut with a bustling 



id with il A hunt- OUt nil ft from 



i mud. Ii l- mt\ fond ol examining all the boles al 



the r eea, where no doubl it 



with tuch jerki that no haw k 



that this 



bird usi d to bring try. 



\ 1 1 i mum v \-i \ in \, Linn. ' x A 



viiiitnl. purph ur hird ii 



north wi In tin \». the lunu) 



: \ W 



