Descriptive List of the Common Birds 



Bush Chat, or White-winged Black Robin. 

 (F.6o8),(J.48i),(-I.) 

 Found in N. and C. India. 



62. Pratincola atrata : The Southern Pied 

 Bush Chat. (F. 609), (J. 482), (I.) 



Found in S. India. 



The above two species may perhaps be re- 

 garded as local varieties. 



63. Pratincola maura : The Indian Bush 

 Chat. (F.610), (J.483), (-1.) 



Cock : The upper parts are reddish brown 

 in winter (black in summer owing to the brown 

 edges to the feathers being worn away). Large 

 patch of white on each side of neck ; breast 

 orange-red, lower parts pale reddish brown. 



Hen : Reddish brown all over ; no white 

 neck patch. 



A winter visitor to all parts of Northern 

 India ; occurs usually in open fields. 



The hens of these species of robin-like birds 

 are very difficult to distinguish ; but as they 

 are usually found in company with the cock 

 it is not as a rule difficult to assign them to 

 their proper species. 



64. Cercomela fusca : The Brown Rock 

 Chat — the Desi shama of Indians. (F. 629), 

 (J.494),(+I.) 



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