. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE WANDETUNU PIE, 389 Another and more beautiful member of this group is an Asiatic bird, very com- mon in tlie naturalist's shop and in glass cases, and known by the popular and very aii]»nipriate name of the "AVANDJiiUNG ; This bird is a native of the Himalayas, and is found in some numbers sj^ead over a largo part of India. It is caUed tlie "Wandering Pie on account of its jiabit of wandering over a very large extent of country, travelling from place to place and finding
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE WANDETUNU PIE, 389 Another and more beautiful member of this group is an Asiatic bird, very com- mon in tlie naturalist's shop and in glass cases, and known by the popular and very aii]»nipriate name of the "AVANDJiiUNG ; This bird is a native of the Himalayas, and is found in some numbers sj^ead over a largo part of India. It is caUed tlie "Wandering Pie on account of its jiabit of wandering over a very large extent of country, travelling from place to place and finding its food as it l)est may, after tiie fashion of a mendicant friar. This custom is quite 0])]) to the general habits of the Pics, wlio are remarkable for their attachment to deiinite localities, and can generally be found wherever the oIj- sprver has discovered the particular spot which they have selected for their lionie. Mr. Gould suggests that its wandering habit may be occasioned by the necessity for obtaining subsistence, the Wandering Pie feeding more exclusively on fruits and other vegetable nutriment than is generally the case with the Crow tribe, and being therefore foi'ced to range over a large ex- tent of land in search of its food. Indeed, the short legs and very long tail of this species would quite unfit it for seeking 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 elon- gated and elegantly shaped tail, which is coknu'ed in a manner equally bold with its form. The general colour of this bird is l)liickish grey upon the upper ]), warming into cinnamon upon the back. The quill-feathers of the wings are jetty blitck, the wings themselves grey, and the tail-feathers grey, with a large bold bar of lilack at their extremities. Tlie under surface of the bird is light greyish fawn. Th(! two central feathers of tlie tail are extremely long, and the others are gradu- a
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