Descriptive List of Birds 



bright yellow. The yellow in the plumage is 

 not very noticable except when the bird is 

 on the wing. 



It is often found near streams. 



It has a loud, pleasant call of three notes, 

 which may be syllabised : Think-of-me. 



It is common at Naini Tal, Simla and 

 Dharmsala : but not at Darjeeling. 



71. Niltava sundara : The Rufous-bellied 

 Niltava. F. 594, J. 314, +1. E. W. K. 



Jerdon calls this bird the rufous-bellied, 

 fairy blue chat, and the cock indeed is the 

 kind of bird one would expect to meet in 

 fairyland. 



Cock : Front and sides of head, chin and 

 throat rich velvety-black. Crown, nape, lower 

 back, a spot on each cheek and one on each 

 wing brilliant, glistening cobalt blue. Rest 

 of lower plumage chestnut-red. Tail black 

 and bright blue. 



Hen : Upper plumage olive-brown, with 

 a white patch on fore-neck and a brilliant blue 

 patch on each side of the neck. Tail and 

 feathers above it chestnut-red. Lower plumage 

 pale olive-brown. 



Very common at Darjeeling, less common in 

 the western hill stations and the Kashmir valley. 



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