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Among the latter the most prominent are the grey-necked crow, the koel, the myna, the king-crow and the magpie-robin.

—Birds of the Indian Hills

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A dayal; any bird of the genus Copsichus, as C. saularis of India. See cut under Copsichus.

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Among the latter the most prominent are the grey-necked crow, the koel, the myna, the king-crow and the magpie-robin. — Birds of the Indian Hills
The magpie-robin is in full song. — A Bird Calendar for Northern India
The magpie-robin is comparatively silent at noonday, but from sunset until dusk he sings continuously. — A Bird Calendar for Northern India
These are both black-and-white birds -- the magpie-robin — A Bird Calendar for Northern India
Allied to the magpie-robin and the pied bush-chat is the familiar — A Bird Calendar for Northern India

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