CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO 

 STRUCTURAL PECULIARITIES 



I. Bill. 

 II. Crest. 



III. Tail. 



IV. Sexual Dimorphism. 



I. BILL 



Birds with Long Bills 



N.B. — The numbers in brackets are those given to 

 the birds in the descriptive list. The capital letters 

 against the bird indicate w^here it occurs : K = 

 Kashmir. W= Western Himalayas. E=Eastern 

 Himalayas. 



1. The Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (25). 

 E. W. (Fairly long, with a slight downward 

 curve.) 



2. The Sunbirds (in and 112). E. W. 

 (Very small birds with long, slender, down- 

 wardly-curved bills.) 



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