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The Indian Shama 



There, and in other gardens of the East, the dhyal 

 birds build their nests in holes of walls or other small 

 recesses in human habitations, as well as in hollows of 

 trees. 



Feed a dhyal in the same way as a shama. I 

 wonder whether the latter is the hardiest in captivity, 

 or easier to keep .? / have found it so. 



But dhyal birds will also nest in an aviary, and 

 have, in one instance at any rate, successfully reared 

 some young ones. 



In China it is said that he is a favourite cage bird, 

 and that one may see some old pig-tailed Chang Wang 

 Wow — or whatever his name may happen to be — 

 carrying his pet dhyal in a picturesque little cage of 

 bamboo, in which the bird sits and sings to his 

 master. 



