Descriptive List of the Common Birds 
A dark brown bird, with dark red on the 
lower back and tail. 
It is found chiefly in Central India in Bom- 
bay. In Sind and the Punjab it is replaced by 
A. phenicuroides (the Desert Finch-Lark). 
Not found in Madras. 
105. Pyrrhulauda grisea: The Ashy-crowned 
Finch-Lark. (F. 879), (J. 760), (—I.) 
This is the common Finch-Lark of India, 
being a permanent resident everywhere, except 
the N.W. F. P., Eastern Bengal, Assam, and 
Burma. 
Cock: Upper parts dark ashy grey. Streak 
through the eye and all the lower plumage 
black, cheeks and sides of breast white, so that, 
as Eha points out, the black on the throat takes 
the form of a cross. [This very unusual colour- 
ing, i.e. darker below than above, renders the 
cock easy to identify. ] 
Hen: The parts that are black in the cock 
are reddish brown. (Illus. B. B., p. 142.) 
The Sunbirds, or Honeysuckers, 106-108 
These charming little birds are easy to 
identify. They are the Old World counter- 
parts of the humming birds of the New World. 
The hens are inconspicuous little brown birds 
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