Classification According to Colour 
8. The Green Parrots (132-134). (Green 
birds with blue in their long tails.) 
g. The Common Peafowl (170). 
10. The Purple Coot (175). (A large 
purple-blue bird with red bill, legs, and 
frontal shield.) 
(b) Dark blue 
1. The Malabar Whistling Thrush (11). (A 
black bird with cobalt patches.) 
2. The Nuthatches (23 and 24). (Little 
short-tailed birds which go about in small 
flocks and pick insects off the bark of trees.) 
3. The Swallows (88-90). (Upper parts 
glossy, dark blue.) 
4. The Indian Roller or “ Blue Jay” (115). 
(Wings and tail composed of light and dark 
blue bars.) 
(c) Slaty or greyish blue 
The Indian Blue Rock Pigeon (165). 
(ad) Blue and black birds 
(Vide Black and blue birds.) 
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