WANDERING PIE. 
Temnurus vagabundm . 
There is one very curious and beauti- 
ful member of the Crow tribe, which 
lives in America, but is often killed, and 
the skin brought over to this country, on 
account of its elegant shape, and the 
bold, though not brilliant colours of its 
plumage. 
This bird is a native of the Himalayas, 
and is found in some numbers spread 
over a large part of India. It is called 
the Wandering Pie on account of its 
habit of wandering over a very large 
extent of country, travelling from place 
to place and finding its food as it best 
may, after the fashion of a begging friar. 
This custom is quite opposed to the 
general habits of the Pies, who re 
remarkable for their attachment to de- 
finite localities, and can generally be 
found wherever the observer has dis- 
covered the particular spot which they 
have selected for their home. Mr. 
Gould thinks that its wandering' habit 
may be occasioned by the necessity for 
obtaining subsistence, the Wandering 
Pie feeding more exclusively on fruits 
and other vegetables than is generally the 
case with the Crow tribe, and being 
therefore forced to range over a large 
extent of land in search of its food. In- 
deed, the short legs and very long tail of 
this species would quite unfit it for seek- 
ing its living on the ground, and clearly 
point out its arboreal habits. 
The shape of this species is very re- 
markable, on account of the greatly 
elongated and elegantly shaped tail 
