251 EUDYNAMYS HONOEATA. 



that this is why the nest of the Common Grey Crow is chosen. These clever birds seem to know that they 

 arc imposed upon by the Koels, and consequently hold them in strong dislike, constantly attacking and 

 pursuing them during the breeding-season. When the female Koel is about to intrude her egg into the Crow's 

 nest she is accompanied sometimes by the male. It is supposed that the young Koel ejects the Crows from 

 the nest, as in the ease of the Common Cuckoo ; for Mr. Hume found a young one in a nest with three Crows 

 newly fledged, and a week later " the Crows were missing, and the young Cuckoo thriving." The young 

 Cuckoos persistently follow the Crows for some time after they have " flown," and are even then fed by them 

 with as much care as if they were their own offspring. 



Subfani. PHCENICOPHAINJE. 



Bill robust, in most species higher than wide ; cnlmen much curved. Nostrils not swollen 

 and more or less linear. Tail long and graduated. Tarsi robust and naked, or slightly feathered 

 on the upper part. 





