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lower parts being creamy white with 

 Hack cross-bars. The female differs only 

 in having the throat and breast browner. 



The young have head and neck broadly 

 barred with reddish white or white ; 

 feathers of the upper plumage are tipped 

 with rufescent ; the lower plumage is 

 buff, barred broadly with dark-brown. 

 The tail of the young has more rufous 

 spots than, there are bands in the adult. 

 Nestlings that leave the nest in May 

 get full plumage in October. The upper 

 bill of adult birds is horny black, the lower 

 dull green ; iris rich brown ; legs yellow. 

 The size of the Indian cuckoo equals that 

 of the Papiya. 



The Shah-bulbul is so called because 

 of its beautiful pointed crest. As our 

 common bulbuls have crests, ordinary folk 

 are under the impression that all birds 

 with a crest are Bulbuls. The colour 

 arrangement of this bird is much as in 

 the Dhayal. Its upper plumage is through- 

 out black with a cjreenish oloss. The 



