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The "Mirror" says: Black body, green beak, sometimes crested. White wing feathers, 

 white markings on tail, yellow legs. Can be taught to talk. 



Zakharoff says: This bird has a crest, but not the power of speech ; though it belongs to a 

 class of birds without crests, but possessing the power of talking. 



The Chinese pa ko means literally eight brothers, which reminds one of the well- 

 known name, seven sisters or seven brothers (sath bhai), given to Babblers in India. 



Eha, in " Tribes on my Frontier," says: " Here (Bombay) they are brothers, and 

 in Bengal they are sisters; but everywhere, like Wordsworth's opinionative child, 

 they are seven." Eha, however, seems to have overlooked the Chinese variety. 



Scully (S. F. 365) gives a very similar name "jigda chuk" for Planesticus 

 atrogularis, Temm. He says: "It feeds chiefly on Eleagnus berries called jigda in 

 Turki, and commonly known as ' Trebizond dates,' hence its name Jigda chuk, i.e., 

 ' jigda-eater.' " 



Redhouse says the Turkish xj.x^ (pron. in Ottoman chiyde) =Zizyphus vulgaris, 

 the jujube. 



Dutreuil de Rhins identifies cigdaci with Turdus fuscatus. 



178. Zakarei. ^^./jj 



Another name for the Chinese Mynah. 



Manchu: Kiongguhe. 



Chinese : Ch'u yu [Giles, Acridotheres cristatellus]. 



179. Aqis Cikda6i. ^y*. 80%* J^f\ 



The Chough. 



Pyrrhocorax graculus. 



Manchu: Cinjiri [Z. Russian Drozd]. 



Chinese : Liao ko [Giles, the blue grackle]. 



The " Mirror" says: Colouration violet ; red beak, parting on the top of the head. A skil- 

 ful singer, with a very clear voice. 



180. Saghizghan. ^U UcU 



The Magpie. 



Pica pica (B. S. 35), P. bactriana (Scully, S. F., 668 bis). 



Manchu: Saks ah a. 



Chinese : Hsi ch'iao [Giles, magpie]. 



The "Mirror" says: Resembles the crow. Body and wings half white. At the end of the 

 winter months it makes its nest. 



181. Khabarfci Saghizghan. ^UuiU ^ jJL 



A species of magpie. 

 Manchu: Sengge saksaha. 

 Chinese : Ling ch'iao. 



