Descriptive List of Birds 



will measure as much as a larger one 

 with a short tail. 



While I shall adopt the usual measure- 

 ment, I shall, in the case of a bird having 

 a long tail, measure only part of the 

 tail, i.e. treat the bird as though it 

 had an average tail, and add the words, 

 " bird has long tail." 



E. means Eastern Himalayas, i.e. Nepal 



and eastwards. 

 W. means Western Himalayas, i.e. West of 



Nepal. 

 K. means Kashmir. 



To illustrate ; the entry 



" Corvus macrorhynchus : The Jungle Crow 

 or Corby. F. 4, J. 660, + IV. E. W. K." 

 means that the number of the species in the 

 Fauna of British India is 4, and in Jerdon's 

 Birds of India 660. That the species is rather 

 larger than the house-crow and that it is 

 found in the Eastern, the Western Himalayas, 

 and Kashmir. 



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