Descriptive List of the Common Birds 



A dark brown bird, with dark red on the 

 lower back and tail. 



It is found chiefly in Central India in Bom- 

 bay. In Sind and the Punjab it is replaced by 

 A. phcenicuroides (the Desert Finch-Lark). 

 Not found in Madras. 



105. Pyrrhulauda grisea : The Ashy-crowned 

 Finch-Lark. (F. 879), (J. 760), ( - I.) 



This is the common Finch-Lark of India, 

 being a permanent resident everywhere, except 

 the N.W. F. P., Eastern Bengal, Assam, and 

 Burma. 



Cock : Upper parts dark ashy grey. Streak 

 through the eye and all the lower plumage 

 black, cheeks and sides of breast white, so that, 

 as Eha points out, the black on the throat takes 

 the form of a cross. [This very unusual colour- 

 ing, i.e. darker below than above, renders the 

 cock easy to identify.] 



Hen : The parts that are black in the cock 

 are reddish brown. (Illus. B. B., p. 142.) 



^he Sunbirds, or Honey suckers, 106-108 

 These charming little birds are easy to 

 identify. They are the Old World counter- 

 parts of the humming birds of the New World. 

 The hens are inconspicuous little brown birds 

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