VI. GREY
1. Prevailing hue grey
N.B.—Many birds are so coloured that it is not easy to know whether to class them as grey or as brown birds.
1. The Indian Grey Shrike ([34]). (Broad black band through eye.) 2. The Small Minivet ([41]). (Upper parts slaty-grey.) 3. The Cuckoo-Shrikes ([42] and [43]). 4. The Grey-headed Myna ([50]). 5. The Bank Myna ([53]). (Grey and black bird with red patch of skin on side of head.) 6. (Hen) Magpie Robin ([68]). (Grey and white bird.) 7. The Grey and Grey-headed Wagtails ([93] and [94]). (Upper parts bluish grey, lower yellow.) 8. The Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark ([105]). (Upper parts ashy grey.) 9. The Grey Hornbills ([121] and [122]). (Large greyish-brown birds with the tail long.) 10. The Pale, Montagu’s and the Hen Harriers ([153]-[155]). 11. The Shikra ([158]). (Narrow rust-coloured bars on lower parts.) 12. The Sparrow-hawk ([159]). (Rust-coloured bars on abdomen.) 13. The Indian Blue Rock Pigeon ([165]). (Bluish-grey with two black bars in wing.) 14. The Doves ([166]-[169]). 15. The Grey Partridge ([173]). (Plumage greyish-brown and much barred.) 16. The Cranes ([177]-[179]). (Large French-grey birds with long shanks.) 17. The Grey Pelican ([208]). (Pale grey; enormous bill.) 18. The Adjutant ([219]). 19. The Common Heron ([222]). 20. The Barred-headed Goose.
2. The head only grey
1. The White-headed Babbler ([8]). (Crown of head is often greyish rather than white.) 2. The Bay- and Rufous-backed Shrikes ([35] and [36]). (Broad black band through eye.) 3. The Grey-headed Flycatcher ([56]). 4. (Cock) Indian Redstart ([65]). (Head and neck grey in early winter.) 5. (Cock) Black-headed Bunting ([84]). (In early winter. Under parts yellow.)
3. Grey and black
(Vide [Black and grey].)
4. Grey, black, and white
(Vide [Black, grey, and white].)
5. Grey and red bird
The Kestrel ([162]). (Head, neck, and tail grey; back and wings brick red.)
6. Grey and white
1. (Hen) Magpie Robin ([68]). 2. The Gulls ([196]-[199]). (White birds with very pale grey wings.) 3. The Terns ([200]-[205]). (White birds with very pale grey wings.) 4. The Common Heron ([222]). (Under parts white.)