Classification according to Colour 



III. BROWN 



1. Birds of which the general hue is earthy- 

 brown. 



{a) Birds smaller than the sparrow. 

 {b) Birds about the size of the sparrow 



or the bulbul. 

 {c) Birds about the size of the myna. 



2. Birds of which the plumage is largely 

 deep or rich brown. 



{a) Chocolate. 



Q?) Umber. 



(c) Olive-brown. 



{d) Reddish-brown. 



{e) Dark brown. 



The number of birds of which the predomin- 

 ating hue is one or more of the many shades 

 of brown is large, and, as most of these have 

 nothing very striking in their plumage, their 

 identification is by no means easy. 



Birds which appear to be a uniform earthy- 

 brown are usually of lighter hue below than 

 above. This difference is not noticed when 

 the bird is in its natural surroundings because 



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