मृगपक्षी-शास्त्र (हंसदेव - १३वीं शती का अमर भारतीय वन्यजीव, पक्षी एवं प्राणि-विज्ञान)

Mriga Pakshi Sastra
OR
Science of Animals and Birds.
[ZOOLOGY IN INDIA]
PART II.
Description of Birds.
22nd GROUP.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF BIRDS
Like quadrupeds, such as elephants, horses, cows, bulls, buffaloes
and other Rajasa and Tamasa animals birds like swan, parrots, cuckoos,
peacocks, crows, wag-tails and other birds do help people by pleasure,
amusements etc. All birds live in nests. Some of the birds build their
nests to live both in summer and rainy seasons, with their beaks,
legs and wings by means of, fibres, soft cotton, and small pieces of
wood, leaves, and straw etc., on the branches of trees, some on the
trunks of the trees and some on towers and mountains and elevated
places. Though they could not speak like human beings, they are very
clever. They generally live in crowds and attack their enemy birds
collectively. They get their food, water, fruits, flesh, insects etc., with
their beaks and eat them with their comrades. They enjoy all kinds of