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IV. PASSERINE BIRDS (contd.) FLY-CATCHERS, 



THRUSHES, ETC. . . . . . . 56 74 



The Fly-catchers Paradise Fly-catcher Fantail 

 Fly-catcher Verditer Fly-catcher Black- 

 naped Fly-catcher The Thrushes Himalayan 

 Whistling-Thrush Grey-winged Blackbird 

 Orange-headed Ground-Thrush Dhayal or 

 Magpie -Robin -Shama Common Indian 



Robin Nightingale. 



V. PASSERINE BIRDS (concld.) THE FINCHES, 



SWALLOWS, SUNBIRDS, ETC. .. .. 75 122 



The Finches Indian Weaver Bird Madagascar 

 Weaver Paradise WJiydah Java Sparrow 

 Nutmeg Bird Sharp-tailed Munia Zebra 

 Finch Avadavat Tree Sparrow Canary 

 Himalayan Siskin Gold Finch Red-crested 

 Cardinal The Swallows House Swallow 

 Wire -tailed Swallow Striated Swallow The 

 Wagtails Large -pied Wagtail Grey Wagtail 

 The Larks Crested Lark The Sunbirds 

 Purple Honey-sucker Yellow-breasted Honey- 

 sucker The Flower-peckers Scarlet-backed 

 Flower-pecker The Pittas Bengal Pitta. 



VI. VARIOUS NON-PASSERINE BIRDS WOOD-PECKERS, 



BARBETS, CUCKOOS, ETC. .. .. .. 123 154 



The Woodpeckers Golden-backed Woodpecker 

 The Bar bets Coppersmith Blue -throated 

 Barbet The Rollers Indian Roller or Blue 

 Jay Burmese Roller The Bee -eaters Green 

 Bee-eater The Kingfishers White -breasted 

 Kingfisher The Hoopoes European Hoopoe 

 Indian Hoopoe The Swifts House Swift 

 Palm Swift The Nightjars Common Indian 

 Nightjar The Cuckoos Koel Brain-fever 

 Bird Crow-Pheasant, 



