THE BIRDS OF INDIA. 



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5f inches in total length, of wliich the tail occupies about 

 2 inches. The general colour of the plumage is green, 

 darker above, lighter on the under surface ; the forehead 

 and crown reddish purple ; rump and upper tail coverts 

 deep brick red. 



Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrakeet. — Both this species 

 and the last should be called dwarf or pigmy parrots, and 

 the name parrakeet be reserved for the species that possess 

 long narrow, and for the most part pointed, tails. The 

 general colour is grass green, with a bright blue spot on 

 the crown of the head, a triangular deep orange mark on 

 the upper part of the back, a scarlet spot on the breast, 

 and a similar one on the rump and tail, the bill blackish, 

 eyes dark brown, and the strong feet and legs flesh colour. 

 The female has no red mark on the breast. 



Notwithstanding the fact that their natural diet consists 

 of the pollen and nectar of the flowers of the trees among 

 which these birds pass their lives, clambering about with 

 their heads hanging down, they soon become accustomed to 

 a diet of rice and milk and sugar, and will live for a long 

 time in health in a cage or aviary, providing their filthy 

 habits do not bring about a shortening, by violence, of their 

 existence. 



THE OWLS. 



Fam i 1 y — A sion idee. 

 Genus — 1. Syrniuin. 

 2. Bubo. 



S. indranee. 

 B. bengalensis. 



B. coroniatidiis. 



3. Ketiipa. K. ceylonensis. 



4. Athene. A. bravia. 



Indranee Owl. 

 Bengal Eagle 



Owl. 

 Coromandel 



Eagle Owl. 

 Ceylon Fish 



Owl. 

 Spotted Owl. 



