Indian Birds 
with the locality, being lightest in the Punjab.) 
Nesting season May to July, or later. Nest 
like that of 1. In Burma this species is re- 
placed by the next. (Illus. B. D., p. 168; also 
B. P., p. 190, and B. B., p. 117.) 
4. Corvus insolens: The Burmese House 
Crow. (F. 8), (IV.) 
A form of C. splendens in which the neck 
plumage is nearly as dark as that of the other 
parts. 
5. Dendrocitta rufa: The Indian Tree-pie. 
(F. 16), (J. 674), (+11, but with tail a foot in 
length.) 
Head, neck, and breast brownish black; 
body chestnut; silver-grey on the wings. Tail 
greyish with broad black band at the tip. 
During flight the tail assumes a curious shape 
owing to the fact that the feathers which 
compose it are graduated in length; the 
median pair is twelve inches long, the next 
pair is shorter, and so on, the outer pair being 
only about half the length of the median pair. 
This bird has a curious metallic call which 
may be syllabised* coch-lee, coch-lee, or cogee, 
cogee. It also emits a great variety of harsh 
cries. Breeds from April to August. The 
nest is a large cup high up in a tree. 
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