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Campepbaga fimbriata, Blyih, Journ. A. S. Beng. XV. 
p. 306 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 191. 
Volvocivora fimbriata, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 356. 
Ceblepyris lugubris, Sundev., PJiysiogr. Sallsk., Tidsk. 
Lanius silens, Tickell, Journ. A. S. Beng. II. p. 573. 
Volvocivora melascbistos, Hodgs., Ind. Bev. I. p. 328. 
Graucalus maculosus, McClell, P. Z. S. (1839), p. 159. 
Corvus Kabasioides, Br. F. (B.) Hamilton, MS. II. 
p. 126. 
Blue-grey Thrusb, Lath., Hist. V- p. 111. 
Silent Shrike, TicJcell. 
Kabasi, Beng., Hamilton. 
A. B. $ , and Drawing. Assam. Presented by J. 
McClelland, Esq. 
c. ^ . Donor unknown. 
d. ^. Tenasserim. From Heifer's Collection. 
e. f. g. h. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 
June, 1853. 
" This species is confined to the woods, and is solitary, or nearly 
so. I have procured abundance of specimens from all parts of the 
hills, and at all seasons of the year. Not migratory. Their prin- 
cipal food is caterpillars and other soft wingless insects ; but many 
soft and hard flying insects are likewise taken, with grubs, larvae, 
and insect eggs, and frequently stony berries, and even seeds. 
These birds, though they procure the greatest portion of their food 
on trees, yet freely descend to the ground to gather it there 
also.^' *— (Hodgs., Ind. Eev. I. p. 328.) 
" This is a mere summer visitor in the hills, arriving up to 7,000 
feet, about the end of March, and breeding early in May. The nest 
is small and shallow, placed in the bifurcation of a horizontal bougli 
of some tall oak-tree, and always high up ; it is composed externally 
almost entirely of grey lichens picked from the tree, and lined with 
bits of very fine roots or thin stalks of leaves. Seen from beneath 
the tree, the nest appears like a bunch of moss or lichens, and the 
smallness and frailty would lead one to suppose it incapable of 
* " The intestines are 10 to 11 inches long, of nearly equal calibre throughout, 
and having the cseoa hardly traceable. The stomach is muscular and red, with an 
outer coat of medial unequal thickness, and a tough lining." — (Ind. liev. T. p. 328.) 
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