title: India Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species (A Pocket Naturalist Guide)
author:  James Kavanagh 
description: Zoologist Jim Kavanagh has made a career out of introducing novices to plants, animals, the sciences and world cultures. In addition to creating over 500 simplified nature guides, he has also authored guides to languages, cities and outdoor skills. An avid traveler and backpacker, Kavanaghs path has taken him around the world to many remote destinations including the upper Amazon, Africa, Australia, and the Arctic Circle (and this is just the As). He is also the author of a series of state-specific guides to common species and natural attractions and a children's book on evolution.
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  # The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Allan O. Hume, Edited by Eugene William Gates
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
  
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE.
  
  
  
  
  
  Order PASSERES. Family CORVIDAE. Subfamily CORVINAE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  1\. Corvus corax, Linn. The Raven.
  
  
    
  3\. Corvus corone, Linn. The Carrion-Crow.
  
  
    
  4\. Corvus macrorhynchus, Wagler. The Jungle-Crow.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  7\. Corvus splendens, Vieill. The Indian House-Crow.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  8\. Corvus insolens, Hume. The Burmese House-Crow.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  9\. Corvus monedula, Linn. The Jackdaw.
  
  
    
  10\. Pica rustica (Scop.). The Magpie.
  
  
    
  12\. Urocissa occipitalis (Bl.). The Red-billed Blue
  
  
  Magpie.
  
  
    
  13\. Urocissa flavirostris (Bl.). The Yellow-billed
  
  
  Blue Magpie.
  
  
    
  14\. Cissa chinensis (Bodd.). The Green Magpie.
  
  
    
  15\. Cissa ornata (Wagler). The Ceylonese Magpie.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  16\. Dendrocitta rufa (Scop.). The Indian Tree-pie.
  
  
  
  
  
    
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