The European Starling is common enough in the north of India, but does not roam so far south as Bombay. Its place is taken, however, by a group of birds which, though very differently dressed, can-

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not disguise their relationship to the starling, for the family features are too plain. In the air they have the same direct, business like flight; on the ground the same parade step; they have the same flexible voice and talent for mimicry; they make their nests in holes and lay blue eggs. Of course I