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APPENDIX. 
The following list shows the chief birds which have been, and are, captured in 
Southern India for the sake of their feathers :— 
*Dicrurus macrocercus .... 
*Lanius erythronotus ..., 
*Merops viridis . 
*Coracias Indica ... ..... 
* Halcyon fuscus . 
Halcyon atricapillus .... 
Alcedo Bengalensis.. 
Ceryle rudis . 
Palseornis rosa. 
Brachypternus aurantius 
*Xantholrema Indica .... 
*Leptocoma Zeylonica ... 
*Arachnothera Asiatica 
*Upupa nigripennis . 
*Tchitrea paradisi. 
* Pitta Bengalensis. 
*Oriolus Kundoo . 
*Orthotomus longicauda 
*Gallus sonneratii . 
*Galloperdix spacliceus... 
Do. lanulosus... 
*Pavo cristatus . 
*Rynchaea Bengalensis ... 
*Ciconia leucocephala ... 
*Ardea purpurea . 
*Buphus coromandus ... 
*Ardeola leucoptera . 
Butorides Javanico . 
*Ardetta flavicollis. 
*Nycticorax griseus . 
*Phcenicopterus roseus ... 
*Plotus melanogaster ... 
King crow. 
Shrike. 
Bee eater. 
Indian roller. 
White breasted kingfisher. 
Black-capped purple ,, 
Common ,, 
Pied ,, 
Rose-headed parrakeet. 
And other woodpeckers. 
Crimson-breasted barbet. 
Honeysucker. 
Purple honeysucker. 
Hoopoe. 
Paradise flycatcher. 
Ground thrush. 
Oriole. 
Tailor bird. 
Grey jungle fowl. 
Red spur fowl. 
Painted ,, 
Peacock. 
Painted snipe. 
White-necked stork. 
Purple heron. 
Cattle egret. 
Pond heron. 
Little green heron. 
Black bittern. 
Night heron. 
Flamingo. 
Indian snake bird. 
The names given above are those of Jerdon’s “ Birds of India,” and the species 
marked with an asterisk are useful as insect eaters. Those most persecuted are 
the jungle fowls, egrets, herons, kingfishers, and the roller, their plumage 
being greatly in request. The game birds of Southern India embrace florican 
(allied to the bustards), sand grouse, pea fowl, jungle fowl, spur fowl, partridges, 
quail, plovers, teal, ducks, painted snipe, common snipe, and woodcock. The 
