218 PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



olive-brown colour, the second year's hen 

 was almost like a typical hen Grey-winged 

 Ouzel. The voice of the young hybrids 

 was harsher than that of the male parent. 



The male Grey- winged Ouzel puts on 

 a livery of deep glossy black on the upper 

 body except the tips of wing-coverts which 

 form a silvery ashy-grey wing- 

 Colorotion patch. The lower plumage, breast 

 downwards, is dull black — each 

 feather narrowly margined with white. 



The female is brownish ashy, the wing- 

 patch being buff instead of grey. 



The bill of the male is coral-red with a 

 black tip; that of the female, orange with 

 horny tip ; the legs of the male are brownish 

 in front, yellow behind; of the hen, bright 

 sienna ; iris brown in the male and hazel- 

 red in the female. The Kasturi is quite a 

 big bird, being almost one foot in length. 



Yet another Thrush with a very good 

 voice is what systematists call 

 Ou^ef ^ Jf^r'Z^Za unicolor or Tickell's Ouz- 

 el. This bird has had to change 

 its technical name many times and, we fear, 



