. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . : the lower part of the back, rump, and upper this Starling, which is also known by the name of the Grey-headed Mynah, appears to prefer countrywhich has been partly cleared, especially low but breezyridges, at elevations of from 2,500 to ft., whereonly a few trees have been left .standing here and feeds about equally on trees and on the ground ;it is very fond of the fruit of the peepul tree. Itmay be seen in flocks of from forty to fifty other Starlings, this bird nests in natural holes indead or living trees; but if the
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . : the lower part of the back, rump, and upper this Starling, which is also known by the name of the Grey-headed Mynah, appears to prefer countrywhich has been partly cleared, especially low but breezyridges, at elevations of from 2,500 to ft., whereonly a few trees have been left .standing here and feeds about equally on trees and on the ground ;it is very fond of the fruit of the peepul tree. Itmay be seen in flocks of from forty to fifty other Starlings, this bird nests in natural holes indead or living trees; but if the hole is not largeenough for its purpose it widens it. It chooses, inpreference to others, a hole difficult of access, at aheight of from 20 ft. to 50 ft. from the giound, andin the bottom of the hole constructs a rough, loosepad of fine twigs, mingled with long strips of bark,straw, grass-stems or roots, or leaves only. The centraldepression is only about i in. deep, and in this threeto four ijalc blue or delicate sea-green eggs tail-coverts slightly more ashy than tlie remainder ofthe back ; the wing-coverts blackish, ashy externally ;the bastard wing, primary-coverts, and quills black,broadly tipped with ashy and edged externally withpurplish black; the secondaries are also tipped withash colour, the inner ones being entirely of that colour ;central tail feathers ashy-blackish, edged with ashyand tipped with chestnut, the coloured tip wideningtowards the outermost feathers ; head and neck rufous-brown, the feathers with ashy centres ; lores and sidesof face rufous-bixjwn ; ear-coverts dingy ash-coloured ;cheeks, chin, and throat pale ash-coloured, with reddishedges to the feathers; front of neck reddish-brown,streaked with ash colour, the remainder of the undersurface deep cinnamon ; thighs ashy ; under tail-covertscinnamon, the longer ones white; under wing-covertsand axillaries , with a faint reddish tinge, thosetowards the base of the primari
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