Vlll CONTENTS. 



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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 Himalay t an 

 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. ... ... 75122 



The Finches Indian Weaver Bird Madagascar 

 Weaver Paradise Whydah 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 Flowerpeckers Scarlet-backed 

 Flowerpecker The Pittas Bengal Pitta. 



VI. VARIOUS NON-PASSERINE BIRDS CUCKOOS, 



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



The Woodpeckers Golden-backed Woodpecker 

 The Barbets 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 Night Jars Common Indian 

 Night Jar The Cuckoos Koel Brain-fever 

 Bird Crow-Pheasant. 



