PART II. 



THE BIRDS OF INDIA. 



India, the brightest jewel in England'^ Imperial Crown, has 

 a large avifauna, for the greater part peculiar to her, but in 

 some cases held in common with adjacent lands. So great, 

 indeed, is the number of the winged inhabitants, that only 

 a selection of them can be given in regard to the demands 

 on the space at the disposal of the writer, who, as he began 

 the history of our British birds by reviewing the Thrushes, 

 proposes to continue upon the same lines with respect to 

 the other portions of the Empire. 



THE THRUSHES. 



This group is fairly represented in India by no less 

 than five genera and six distinct species, as follows : — 



Family — Turd idee. 



Genus — 1. Turdiis. T. pceciloptcrus. Grey-winged 



Blackbird. 



2. Gcochichla. G. citrina. Orange-headed 



Ground Thrush. 



3. Miyoplionns.M. Jiorsfieldi. Horstield's Whist- 



ling Thrush. 



4. Copsychus. C. saularis. Indian Dyal Bird. 



C. seycJiellaruin. Seychellean Dyal 

 Bird. 



5. Kittacinda. K. )nacrou)'a. Shamah. 



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