Descriptive List of the Common Birds 



Cock : Head and shoulders slaty grey, lower 

 back deep scarlet, wings black with red bar, 

 tail black with red at tip, chin and throat 

 blackish, breast scarlet ; lower plumage orange- 

 yellow. 



Hen : Upper parts grey, lower parts creamy 

 white, wing brown with yellow or orange wing- 

 bar, tail black with red tip. 



Not found in the N.W. F. P. 



The Cuckoo-Shrikes^ 42 and 43 



42. Campophaga sykesi : The Black-headed 

 Cuckoo-Shrike. (F. 508), (J. 268), (-II.) 



Cock : Head, throat, and breast black ; rest 

 of plumage grey shading into white on the 

 abdomen ; tail black with broad white tip. 



Hen : Upper parts grey, lower parts whitish 

 with narrow black cross bars, tail as in cock. 

 This species goes about in small flocks, is 

 strictly arboreal, and has many of the habits 

 of the minivets. 



Not found in Punjab or N.W. F. P. 



43. Graucalus macii : The Large Cuckoo- 

 Shrike. (F. 510), (J. 270), (+m.) 



A large pale slaty-grey bird with a black 

 patch in front of the eye. The lower parts 



