Book Title: Mriga Pakshi Shastra
Author(s): Hamsadeva, M Sundaracharya
Publisher: V Krishnaswamy

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________________ There will be some other colour or dots on the ends of their tails and wings. They have small beaks. They are fond of eating powdered rice and food etc. They often swim and play in water. They are fond of living with people. They sing at times pleasantly. They follow the female crows cften wherever they go, owing to extreme passion They join their comrades at the time of fear and danger. They are grateful to masters and fond of hearing sweet words. They are very smooth bodied and easily trainable. [11th variety of CROWS] (DRONAKAKA-RAVEN) This variety of crow is long bodied and jet black in colour. They are called Dronakaka. They have very long beaks, legs and broad wings and very rough feathers. Thay have small white dots on their bodies. They have sharp nails. They live always in forests. They are not easily obtainable. They do not like the scent of human beings. They are fond of eating flesh and their cry is very unplesant. They attack other birds unnecessarily. At times, they quarrel themselves. They do not take much food. They have cruel-mind. They have no fear when they are in groups. 12th variety of CROWS] (KAKOLA) 1 This variety of crow lives in mountains and at the foot of the mountains. Their cry is very harsh. They are jet black. They kill all the birds in the nests in the vicinity of their own nests. Their rear 103

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