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I. BILLS

Birds with Long Bills

1. The Sunbirds (106-108). (Very small birds with long curved bills.)

2. The Kingfishers (118-120). (Fairly long and straight.)

3. The Hornbills (121 and 122). (Big birds with long tails.)

4. The Hoopoe (123). (Bill very long and slightly curved.)

5. The Black-winged Stilt (187). (Fairly long, very slender.)

6. The Avocet (188). (Fairly long, slender, with an upward curve.)

7. The Curlew (189). (Very long and curved.)

8. The Whimbrel (190). (Long and curved.)

9. The Black-tailed Godwit (191).

10. The Snipes.

11. The Pelicans (207 and 208).

12. The Ibises (212-214). (Very long and slightly curved.)

13. The Spoonbill (215). (Long, straight, and flattened with a ladle-like tip.)

14. The Storks (216-221).

15. The Herons (222-225). (Fairly long and dagger-shaped.).

II. CREST

Crested birds

1. The Madras Red-vented Bulbul (15).

2. The Burmese Red-vented Bulbul (16).

3. The Bengal Red-vented Bulbul (17).

4. The Punjab Red-vented Bulbul (18).

5. The White-eared Bulbul (19).

6. The Bengal Red-whiskered Bulbul (20).

7. The Southern Red-whiskered Bulbul(21).

8. The Large Racket-tailed Drongo (27).

9. The Rose-coloured Starling (48).

10. The Brahminy Myna (51).

11. The Paradise Flycatcher (57).

12. The Crested Lark (101).

13. Sykes’s Crested Lark (102).

14. The Malabar Crested Lark (103).

15. The Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (110).

16. The Golden Woodpecker (111).

17. The Pied Kingfisher (small crest) (public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46017@[email protected]#bird_118"