Descriptive List of the Common Birds 
Cock: Head and shoulders slaty grey, lower 
back deep scarlet, wings black with red bar, 
tail black with red at tip, chin and throat 
blackish, breast scarlet; lower plumage orange- 
yellow. — 
Hen: Upper parts grey, lower parts creamy 
white, wing brown with yellow or orange wing- 
bar, tail black with red tip. 
Not found in the N.W. F. P. 
The Cuckoo-Shrikes, 42 and 43 
42. Campephaga sykest: The Black-headed 
Cuckoo-Shrike. (F. 508), (J. 268), (- II.) 
Cock : Head, throat, and breast black; rest 
of plumage grey shading into white on the 
abdomen ; tail black with broad white tip. 
Hen: Upper parts grey, lower parts whitish 
with narrow black cross bars, tail as in cock. 
This species goes about in small flocks, is 
strictly arboreal, and has many of the habits 
of the minivets. 
Not found in Punjab or N.W. F. P. 
43. Graucalus macii: The Large Cuckoo- 
Shrike. (F. §10), (J. 270), (+III.) 
A large pale slaty-grey bird with a black 
patch in front of the eye. The lower parts 
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