CONTENTS 



Page 



Foreword v 



Preface vii 



The Sham a i 



The Dhayal ( Magpie-Robin) 19 



The Piddah ( Common Pied Bush-chat) 35 



Other Piddahs and their kindred 4^ 



Kher-Piddah ( Indian Bush-chat) 49 



Kali Shama (Indian Robin) 5^ 



Husaini-Piddah ( Indian Blue-throat) ^7 



Common Ruby-throat 73 

 The Gulab Chasm ( Yellow-eyed 



Babbler) 77 



The Harewa ( Gold-fronted Chloropsis) 92 



The Fatik-jal (lora) no 



The Bharat and its kindred (Lark) 127 

 The Dama (Orange-headed Ground 



Thrush) 166 

 The Kastura (Ouzel and Whistling 



Thrush) 187 



The Bhimraj (Racket-tailed Drongo) 222 



The Khanjan (Wagtail) 240 



