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and the under tail-coverts, like the edge 

 of the wings, are white. Quills of the 

 upper plumage are brown with broad 

 white bars on the inner webs. The tail 

 is grey with rufescent tips and with four 

 or fives bars beyond the upper tail- 

 coverts, where there is some white. 



The young are dark brown above with 

 rufous cross-bars and white below, tinged 

 with rufous and spotted brown ; but the 

 tail is barred as in the adult. The bill 

 of the adult is greenish except the tip 

 which is black; iris yellow or orange 

 in the adult and brownish in the young ; 

 feet and claws yellow, pale or bright 

 according to age. The Papiya is thirteen 

 inches in length, the tail taking up half 

 that length. 



The Bau-katha-kao — the Indian Cuckoo 

 — is a rich brown bird with a dark- 

 ashy head and neck. The tail has a 

 broad sub-terminal band of white, and 

 white tips. Chin, throat, and upper 

 breast are pale ashy, the rest of the 



