Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree-crow of the genus Dendrocitta, of which there are eight Indian and Chinese species, among them D. leucogastra of southern India, type of the genus.
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Examples
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Like the grey-necked crow, the Indian tree-pie is not found at the
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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The Himalayan tree-pie (_Dendrocitta himalayensis_), although a fine bird, looks mean in comparison with his blue cousins.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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This species is like a dull edition of the tree-pie of the plains.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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Fortunately for the tree-pie the kites and crows do not worry it.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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_coch-lee_, _coch-lee_ of the tree-pie; the sharp _towee_, _towee_,
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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