Classification According to Colour 
(c) About the size of a myna 
1. The Jungle Babbler (7). (An untidy- 
looking bird, which goes about in small flocks 
of half a dozen, feeding on the ground ; very 
noisy ; flight feeble.) 
2. The White-headed Babbler (8). (As 
above, but the crown of the head is greyish 
white. Found only in S. India.) 
3. The Rufous-tailed Babbler (9). (Habits 
like those of the two species just cited; tail 
has a reddish tinge.) 
4. The Common Indian Nightjar (126). 
(Plumage much mottled; crepuscular in its 
habits; it flits about at dusk hawking in- 
sects.) 
5. Horsfield’s Nightjar (127). (A large 
edition of above.) 
6. The Common Hawk Cuckoo (128). (Plum- 
age much barred, like that of a bird of prey. 
Its loud crescendo call, a reiterated “‘ brain- 
fever,” has made it familiar to all.) 
7. The Shikra and the Sparrow-hawk (158 
and 159). (Ashy grey birds with dark cross- 
bars to the feathers.) 
8. The Common Quail (171). (A good deal 
smaller than a myna; legs short; plumage 
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