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

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________________ They are shrewd, clever and very grateful. They will also eat curd, milk-food etc. They would increase passion to young human cou ples. They are easily trainable. They have no irritation, and haughtiness, They would speak some human words, as Natha, Hamsa, Sun, Cow etc. when they are trained to speak. They have some other good qualities too. [2nd variety of CUCKOOS] PARABHRIT) As these kinds of cuckoos are bred by crowz. they are called Parabhrit. They are reddish-black in colour, and a little tall possessing broud-wings. They often cry in spring and summer season. They are much pussionate. They live in nests on trees with their female : birds. They would be circling in day times. If there be any separation of the hunui couples, then the cry of these birds would be very harsh and unpleasant to the separated souls. Their cry is depressed in rainy and winter seasons. Their bodies are faded in summer and they feel much thirsty. Their bodily appearance would be, rather, very grand in Spring. (3rd variety of CUCKOOS] (KOKILA) : This kind of cuckoo is whitish-black in colour and moderate in size. They have beautiful winge, sweet cry, very long tails, a little stout heads and stout stomachs, They would always turning their eyelids. They are very happy in Spring. They are clever and fond of living with human beings. They have no anger and haughtiness. They are good to all birds and are always very calm-natured birds. -111 —

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