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continual chattering, occasionally changed to a louder cry, resembling 
' quey, quey, quey^ quo, quo^ pronounced very gutturally. Its flight 
is feeble and straggling. Mr. Elliott says : ' When the Shikra 
{Micronisus hadius) is flown at them, they defend each other with 
great courage, mobbing the hawk, and endeavouring to release the 
one she has seized.' Feeds on various grains, seeds, and insects, chiefly 
grasshoppers ; I have seen one attempt in vain to catch a grasshopper 
on the wing." — (Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 257.) 
" Congregates in flocks of ten or a dozen, flying low, slowly, and 
with difficulty ; never ceases chattering, and all at the same time." — 
(Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 88.) 
817. MALACOCIRCUS SOMERVILLEI, Sykes Sp. 
Timalia Somervillei, Syhes, P. Z. S. (1832), p. 89 ; Journ. 
A. S. JBeng. III. p, 536. Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. 
X. p. 257. G. JR. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 228. 
Malacocircus Somervillei, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIII. 
p. 368. Jerd., III. Ind. Orn. p. 
Malacocircus malabaricus, Jerd,, 111. Ind. Orn. p. 
Malacocircus orientalis, Jerd., III. Ind. Orn. p. 
Gracula chatarrhcea, Br. F. (J5.) Hamilton, MS. I. p. 17. 
Jungle Grrey-Babbler, Jerd. 
JuNGLi KuR or Kayr, Hind., Jerd. 
Pedda or Adavee Seed a, Telinga, Jerd. 
A. {M. Somervillei, Sykes.) Dukhun. Presented by 
Colonel Sykes. 
h. {Ditto, and identical with M. malabaricus, Jerd.) 
Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
c. {M. malabaricus, Jerd.) S. India. Presented by the 
Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
d. {M. orientalis, Jerd.) S. India. Presented by the 
Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
e. Madras. From Wight's Collection. 
/ Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" This is always found in tolerably dense jungle, and never in open 
country. It is far from being uncommon in most jungles. I have 
seen it in Goomsoor, in the Tondiman's country, in the Carnatic, 
and in most of the jungles of the west coast. I have also procured 
it in a densely-wooded nullah, in low jungly country, in the neigh- 
