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IV. Passerine Birds — (contd.) — FLY-cATcnERS, 



Thrushes, etc . . . . . . . 56 — 74 



The Fly-catchers — Paradise Fly-catcher — Faiitail 

 Fly-catcher — Verditcr Fh'-catcher — Black- 

 naped Flycatcher — The Thrushes — Himalayan 

 Whistliiipj-Thrush — Grey-winged Blackbird — 

 Orange-headed Ground-Thrush — Dhaj'al or 

 Magpie -Robin — Shama — Common Indian 



Robin — Nightingale. 



V. Passerine Birds — {concld.) — The FiXfUEs. 



Swallows, Sun BIRDS, ETC. .. 75 — 122 



The Finches — Indian Weaver Bird — Madagascar 

 Weaver — Paradise Whydah — Java Sparroio — 

 Nutmeg Bird — Sharp -tailed Munia — Zebra 

 Finch — Avadavat — Tree Sparrow — Canary — 

 Himalayan Siskin — Gold Finch^- Red-crested 

 Cardinal — The Swallows — House Swallow — 

 Wire-tailed Swallow — Striated Swallow — The 

 Wagtails — Large-pied Wagtail — Grey Wagtail 

 — The Larks — Crested Lark — The Sunbirds — 

 Purple Honey-sucker — Yellow-breasted Honey- 

 sucker — The Flower-peckers — Scarlet-backed 

 Flower-pecker — The Pittas — Bengal Pitta. 



VI. Various Non-passerine Birds — Wood-peckers, 



Barbet-s, Cuckoos, etc. .. .. .. 123 — 154 



The Woodpeckers — Golden -backed Woodpecker 

 — The Barbets — Copjjersmith — Blue -throated 

 Barbet — The Rollers — Indian Roller or Blue 

 Jay — Burmese Roller — The Bee-eaters — Green 

 Bee -eater — 'J'he Kingfishers — White -breasted 

 Kingfisher — 'I'ho Hoopoes — European Hoopoe 

 — Indian Hoopoe — The Swifts — House Swift — 

 Palm Swift — The Nightjars — Common Indian 

 Nightjar — The Cuckoos — Koel — Brain-fever 

 Bird — Crow-Pheasant, 



