My friend Mr. Davison, who has secured many specimens of the bird, writes:-"On the 13th April, 1874, two miles from the town of Tavoy, on a low range of hills about 200 feet above the sea-level, I found a nest of the Gold-crest Grakle.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
They are a species of Grakle, and are lively and intelligent birds, some of them possessing a power of imitating human speech equal to any of the parrot tribe.
"A Boy's Voyage Round the World"
The Son of Samuel Smiles