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liarity with the women of the country, I have frequently seen a 
birdcatcher attire himself in the garb of a Hindoo female, and, 
closely veiling his face and beard with the * Chadir,' issue forth with 
a ' Thaler ' loaded with sweet rice in his hand to invite Crows to a 
(supposed) feast ! This invitation consists of throwing a few grains 
of rice to every crow met on the way, and thus a flock is soon col- 
lected round the supposed woman, when the birdcatcher proceeds to 
his net, still throwing out a few grains of rice now and then to the 
crows, who now follow him close. Eeaching his net, which must be 
set by night and carefully concealed under dust and sand, otherwise 
the whole plan would fail, he heaps the rice on a spot surrounded by 
the hidden net, walks to the end of a string attached to the net, and 
as all the Crows are now busy at devouring the feast, he suddenly 
draws the net over his victims. I need hardly remark that in the 
manner of laying the net, and in concealing his person, the bird- 
catcher must be exceedingly cautious ; for should the least suspicion 
be created by any discovery, the farce would be at an end. The very 
arms and feet of the man must be concealed, and the sight of a beard 
would most certainly send all the crows flying in a moment." 
The Coel (^Eudynamys orientalis) invariably deposits its eggs in 
the nest of these Crows. 
Further notes on the habits of this Crow are given by Colonel 
Sykes, Sundevall, Jerdon, Tickell, Burgess, and Layard, in the works 
above referred to. 
Genus CoLOEUS, Kaup, Naturl. Syst. p. 114 (1829). 
MoNEDULA, Brehn, Isis, p. 1273 (1828). 
Ltcos, Boie, Isis, p. 358 (1828). 
848. COLOEUS MONEDULA, Linn. Sp. 
Corvus Monedula, Linn., S. JSF. I. p. 156. {Fl Enl 523.) 
Latham, Hist, of B. III. p. 18. Wagler, Syst. Av. 
sp. 16. Gould, B. of Eur. t. 223. G. R. Gray, 
Gen. ofB. 11. p. 315 ; Catal. Brit. B. in Brit. Mus. 
(1850), p. 94. Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 90. 
Coloeus Monedula, Kaup, Naturl. Syst. der Eur. Thierw. 
p. 114. 
Monedula turrium, Brelim, Voeg. Deutschl. p. 172. Ca- 
hanis, Catal. B. Mus. Seine, p. 230.* 
Lycos Monedula, Boie, Isis (1828), p. 1273. Bonap., 
C. G. Av. p. 384. 
