IX.— THE DHYAL. 



A ! Robyn, joly Robyn ! — Old Ballad. 



A " Robyn," as our ancestors called him, seems 

 vstrange at first in black and white instead of russet and 

 red ; but half-an-hour's acquaintance with our Dhyal 

 {Cofsychus saularis) will show that his English name 

 of Magpie-robin was well bestowed. Nevertheless, 

 'this name has not gained much grbund in England, 

 ■where the Dhyal is occasionally seen as a cage-bird — a 



