CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



I. CLASSIFICATION AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE . . 17 



II. PASSERINE BIRDS THE CROWS, BABBLERS, AND 



BULBULS . . . . . . . . s 30 



Characteristics of Passerine Bird The Crows- 

 Common Indian Magpie Red-billed Blue 

 Magpie Black-headed Jay The Tits Yel- 

 low-cheeked Tit Indian Grey Tit The 

 Babblers Sat-bhai Streaked Laughing- 

 Thrush White-crested Laughing-Thrush 

 Peko or Chinese Mocking Bird Black -headed 

 Sibia Liothrix or Pekin Robin Blue-winged 

 Siva lora Yellow-eyed Babbler White - 

 eye or Spectacle Bird The Bulbuls Red- 

 vented Bulbul Red-whiskered Bulbul 

 Black-crested Yellow Bulbul White-cheeked 

 Bulbul White -eared Bulbul Gold-fronted 

 Green Bulbul. 



III. PASSERINE BIRDS (contd.) SHRIKES, MYNAHS, 



ORIOLES, ETC. .. .. .. .. 3155 



The Drongos King-Crow Bhimraj The War- 

 blersTailor-BirdThe Shrikes Brown 

 Shrike Minivet Piping Crow-Shrike or 

 Australian MagpieThe Orioles Black -^ 

 headed Oriole Indian Golden Oriole or 

 Mango-Bird The Starlings or Mynahs 

 House Mynah Bank Mynah Jungle Mynah 

 Pied Mynah Brahminy Mynah Grey- 

 headed Mynah Hill Mynah. 



