Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



the lower parts are in the shade and so appear 

 darker than they really are. As it is often of 

 advantage to a bird to be inconspicuous, 

 natural selection has doubtless been responsible 

 in many cases for the fact that the lower 

 plumage is of paler hue than the upper. 



As this book is intended for the field observer 

 I shall describe these brown birds as they appear 

 to the observer in the field and so describe 

 simply as an earthy-brown bird one which is 

 earth-coloured above and creamy below. 



I . Birds of which the general hue is earthy^ 

 brown 

 (a) Birds smaller than the sparrow 



1. The Brown Crested Tit (i6). W. K. 

 (Brownish-grey above with a creamy band on 

 each side of the neck. Tinted with yellow 

 below, crested.) 



2. The Nepal Babbler (26). E. (Uniform 

 grey-brown with a ring of white feathers 

 round the eye.) 



3. The Kashmir Wren (47). K. W. (Red- 

 dish-brown barred with black.) 



4. The Scaly-breasted Wren (48). E. W. 

 (Rich brown, dotted with buff ; black scaly 

 markings on lower plumage.) 



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