Classification According to Colour 



{c) About the size of a myna 



1. The Jungle Babbler (7). (An untidy- 

 looking bird, which goes about in small flocks 

 of half a dozen, feeding on the ground ; very- 

 noisy ; flight feeble.) 



2. The White-headed Babbler (8). (As 

 above, but the crown of the head is greyish 

 white. Found only in S. India.) 



3. The Rufous-tailed Babbler (9). (Habits 

 like those of the two species just cited ; tail 

 has a reddish tinge.) 



4. The Common Indian Nightjar (126). 

 (Plumage much mottled ; crepuscular in its 

 habits ; it flits about at dusk hawking in- 

 sects.) 



5. Horsfield's Nightjar (127). (A large 

 edition of above.) 



6. The Common Hawk Cuckoo (128). (Plum- 

 age much barred, like that of a bird of prey. 

 Its loud crescendo call, a reiterated " brain- 

 fever," has made it familiar to all.) 



7. The Shikra and the Sparrow-hawk (158 

 and 159). (Ashy grey birds with dark cross- 

 bars to the feathers.) 



8. The Common Quail (171). (A good deal 

 smaller than a myna ; legs short ; plumage 



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