Descriptive List of Birds 



with bright red. Wings and tail brown edged 

 with yellow. 



Hen : Has no red on head or chin and the 

 yellow parts of her plumage are duller and 

 tinged with green. 



36. Psaroglossa spiloptera : The Spotted- 

 wing. F. 261, J. 691, —II. W. 



The classification of this bird has puzzled 

 ornithologists. Jerdon classes it with the 

 starlings ; but the hen is not coloured like 

 the cock as is the case with the starlings. 



Cock : The ground colour of the head and 

 back is grey, each feather being edged with 

 black on the head and shoulders and brown on 

 the back, so that the bird has markings like 

 the scales of a fish. Rump reddish-brown. 

 Chin and throat deep chestnut maroon. 

 Rest of lower parts reddish brown. The 

 wings are black glossed with green or blue 

 and spotted white, like the plumage of a 

 starling. 



Hen : Upper plumage brown with grey 

 spots ; lower parts brown with cream edges 

 to the feathers. Wings dark brown with some 

 grey in them. 



Not found west of Dharmsala. Not found 

 as high as Simla in summer, but occurs at 



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