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robin relatives of frequently coming to the ground, 

 which the more thorough-paced flycatchers have 

 discarded. The real home of our little bird is in 

 North-East Asia, for he leaves us as the hot 

 weather comes in, Uke so many other birds both great 

 and smaD. So, although he has just as much right 

 to jbhe title of robin as the Dhyal, so far as appearances 

 go, his absenteeism during most of the year may 

 fairly bar his claim. 



As for the Dhyal, he is such a nice bird la every 

 way that I think some attempts should be made to 

 encourage him to increase and multiply to a greater 

 extent. Suitable house accommodation in the shape 

 of large joints of bamboo put up near his usual haunts 

 and in places inaccessible to enemies, and a few 

 cockroaches or crickets put out where he can easily 

 catch them, would probably make him very ready 

 to enter into friendly relations with the giver of such 

 kind assistance, and then we should have a better 

 chance of appreciating his good quahties than is 

 afiorded us at present. 



F, BC 



