1. The Indian House Crow ([3]). This and ([4]) have grey necks, darker in ([4]). 2. The Burmese House Crow ([4]). 3. The Malabar Whistling Thrush ([11]). (Patches of cobalt-blue.) 4. The Grackles ([46] and [47]). (Yellow wattles and white bar in wing.) 5. The Indian Starling ([49]). (With small yellow or whitish spots.) 6. The Common Indian Swift ([124]). (Smoky brown, with white bar across rump.) 7. The Palm Swift ([125]). (Brownish black.) 8. The Crow-Pheasant ([131]). (Wings chestnut brown.) 9. The Black Vulture ([141]). (Red head, white breast and patch on each thigh.) 10. The White-backed Vulture ([143]). (Very dark grey, with white back.) 11. (Cock) Black Partridge ([172]). (With narrow white bars and broad chestnut collar.) 12. White-breasted Water-hen ([174]). (Very dark grey, with white face, throat, and chest, and red under tail.) 13. The Large and Little Cormorants ([209] and [211]). (White throat.) 14. Black Ibis ([213]). (Top of head red, white patch on wing.)
2. Black-headed birds
1. The Indian Tree-Pie ([5]). 2. (Cock) Iora ([13]). 3. The Red-vented Bulbuls ([15]-[19]). (Small crest.) 4. The Red-whiskered Bulbuls ([20] and [21]). (Large pointed crest.) 5. The Minivets ([39] and [40]). 6. The Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike ([42]). 7. The Black-headed Oriole ([45]). 8. The Rose-coloured Starling ([48]). 9. The Black-headed Myna ([51]). 10. The Common Myna ([52]). (With yellow patch of skin behind eye.) 11. The Paradise Flycatcher ([57]). 12. The Indian Redstart (cock in spring) ([65]). 13. The Magpie Robin (cock) ([68]). 14. The Shama ([69]). 15. The Black-headed Munia ([74]). 16. The Chestnut-bellied Munia ([75]). 17. The Black-headed Bunting (in spring) ([84]). 18. The Purple-rumped Sunbird ([108]). (The head and breast are not black in this species, but look black from a distance.) 19. The Crow-Pheasant ([131]). 20. (Male) Pied Harrier ([156]). 21. The Bronze-winged Jaçana ([181]). 22. The Red-wattled Lapwing ([183]). (Red wattle and sides of neck white.) 23. The Yellow-wattled Lapwing ([184]). (Yellow wattle, back of neck white.) 24. The Terns (especially in summer) ([200]-[205]). 25. The White Ibis ([212]). 26. The White-necked Stork ([217]). (Neck white.) 27. The Black-necked Stork ([218]). 28. The Night Heron ([225]). 29. The Indian Spur-winged Plover ([184a]).
3. Black collaret or gorget or band across the breast
1. The Bengal Red-whiskered Bulbul ([20]). 2. The Southern Red-whiskered Bulbul ([21]). (Collaret interrupted.) 3. The White Wagtail (patch on breast) ([91]). 4. The Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark ([105]). (Black cross on throat.) 5. The Common Indian Bee-eater ([116]). 6. Some of the Bustards. (Not dealt with in this book.) 7. The Pheasant-tailed Jaçana ([182]). 8. The Little Ringed Plover ([186]). 9. The Painted Stork ([220]).
4. Black streak through the eye (i.e. from beak to back of head)
1. The Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ([23]). 2. The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch ([24]). 3. The Shrikes ([34]-[37]). 4. The Indian Oriole ([44]). (Rather a patch than a streak.) 5. The Ashy-crowned Finch-Lark ([105]). 6. The Indian Pitta ([109]). 7. The Bee-eaters ([116] and [117]).
5. Black and another colour
(a) Black and blue
1. The Malabar Whistling Thrush ([11]). 2. The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch ([24]). (Whitish throat, lower parts greyish.) 3. The Indian Blue Rock Pigeon ([165]). (Slaty blue, with black wing bars and red legs.)