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Rh cocks, eagles, falcons, vultures, kites, cranes, wild geese, wild fowl, snipes, bustards, parrots, and parroquets, the latter in every conceivable variety, abound in all parts at various seasons.



Crows, and a bird called the adjutant, are to be seen in all large towns in thousands, and prove very serviceable in removing offal of  every description from the streets : they are the best, and indeed the  only scavengers known in India, and no one ever attempts to kill these birds.

The laughing crow is met with in great numbers in the vicinity of the forests of Hurdwar and Sireenagur, feeding on the wild fruits of the