Indian Birds; Being a Key to the Common Birds of the Plains of India
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288), (II, but the cock has a very long tail.) One of the most beautiful birds in India. Hen and young cock : Like a bulbul in size and form. Rich chestnut plumage with metalHc black crest and head ; lower parts white. Bill bluish black. Legs slate-coloured. 123 Indian Birds Second year cock : Similar to above, except that the two median tail feathers are much longer than the others, being i6 inches in length. Old cocks : The chestnut parts of the plum- age turn white. This bird undergoes a cer...tain amount of local migration. It visits the Punjab in great numbers in summer for nesting purposes. The nest is like an inverted cone in shape, and is usually placed on one of the loAver branches of a tree. The white cock shares the duties of incubation, and as he sits, his long white tail feathers hang down several inches beyond the bottom of the nest. The bird frequently utters a sharp note something like the twitter of a sparrow. The cock has also a sweet little song. In Burma this species is replaced by an allied species — the Burmese Paradise Fly- catcher (T.
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