Classification According to Colour 
5. The Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark (105). 
6.,The Indian Pitta (109). 
7. The Bee-eaters (116 and 117). 
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5. Black and another colour 
(2) Black and blue 
1. The Malabar Whistling Thrush (11). 
2. The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (24). 
(Whitish throat, lower parts greyish.) 
3. The Indian Blue Rock Pigeon (165). 
(Slaty blue, with black wing bars and red legs.) 
(6) Black and brown (chestnut) 
1. The Indian Tree-Pie (5). (Silver-grey on 
wings, grey bars on tail, which is long.) 
2. The Common Myna (52). (White in 
wings and tail, yellow legs, and patch of skin 
behind eye.) 
3. (Hen and young) Indian Paradise Fly- 
catcher (57). 
4. (Cock) Brown-backed Indian Robin (66). 
(Red patch under tail.) 
5. The Chestnut-bellied Munia (75). 
6. The Crow-Pheasant (131). (A black bird 
with brown wings). 
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