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On the StaiiUiCS of Bu/clnm. 



[Jan. 



fer, la^osfuiicatus, Pomaiorhiniia Horsfieldii, lora Tiphia, Si/hia mon- 

 tana, Sylvia .sylviella, Sylvia Rama, Prin'xi sociaiis, Prinia inornata, Or- 

 ihotomus Bcnuettii, Orthotomus Lhigoo, Budyles clireola, Badytes mela- 

 nocephala, Bndyfes Eeema, Mo'acilla variegata, AJotacilla DidJiunensis, 

 Megalurus rt'Jiieps, Anthus agilis, Saxicola rubicola, Saxicola bicolor, 

 Sax'uola nibeci/loides, Saxicola crijthropifgia, Phoenicura atraia, PJmni- 

 cura Sueciea, Parus atric(ps, Panes xanthogenys, Alauda Gulgula, 

 Alauda Deva, Alauda Dukhaneyisis, Mirafra phoBiiicura, Ember'iza me- 

 lanocepJiala, Emberha hortidana, Ember'iza cristaia, Emberiza subcris- 

 tata, Linaria Amomdava, Ploceus Philippe^isis, Ploceus flavicoUis, Frin- 

 gilla crucigera, Lonchura nisoria, Lonchura cJieet, Lunchura leuconota, 

 Passer domesticus, Pastor tristis, Pastor Mahratteiisis, Pastor rosezis, 

 Pastor Pagodarum, Corius cuJminatus, Corvits splendens, Coracias 

 Indica, Buceros, several species, PaloRornis torquatus, Palcporn'is 

 melayiorhyuchus, Bucco Philippensis, Biicco caniceps, Picus Mah- 

 rattensis, Upu pa minor, Leplosomns Afer, Eudynamys orientals, Ciicu- 

 Itis cajiorus, Cuculus fugax, Centropv.s Philippensis, Cfdoropsis auri- 

 frons, Cinnyris lepida, Ciiuiyris curriicaria, Cinnyris Vigorsii, Cinnyris 

 minima, Chinyris Mahratiensis, and finally, Cinnyris concolor. The 

 above catalogue requires very few observations. The weaver-bird, 

 Ploceus Philippensis, is remarkable for its pendent nest, woven in the 

 most curious and ingenious manner from fibres of grass. Not less curi- 

 ous are the nests produced by the tailor-birds, the Prinia sociaiis and 

 the Orthotomvs Bennettii, which sew leaves together to inclose their 

 nests, with the skill of a veritable knight of the thimble. The lark, 

 Alauda Gulgula, has the habits and delightful song of the skylark of 

 Europe ; and two or three species of the genera Budytes and Motacilla 

 have sweet notes : the Collurio Lahtora has also a sweet note. The 

 Muscipeta Po/radisa and Indica are distinguished for their beautifully 

 elongated tail-feathers. The Coracias Indica is characterized by its 

 splendid colouring; and not less so is the Cinnyris Vigorsii. The cuc- 

 koo is the identical bird of Europe, and so is the sparrow. In the above 

 list I have named many new species of Insessores, and have introduced 

 one new genus. 



i?a5ore5.— That order so highly useful to man, the Rasores, does not 

 contain one single species in Dukhun that is not valuable as an article of 

 food. There are 12 genera and 40 species. Ptilinopus ElpMnstonii, 

 Columba moena, Columba iigrina, Colv.mba humilis, Columbarasoria, Co' 

 lumba Cambayensis, Columba Mnns, Meleagris Gallopavo, Pavo crista' 

 tus, Gallus giganteus, Gallus Sonneratii, Galhis domesticus, Gallus mo- 

 rioi Gallus crispus, Numida Meleagris, Coturnix dactylisonans, Cotur- 



