The NURANG of the Hindoos (_Pitta Bengalensis_) is blueish green upon
the back, shoulders, and wing-covers; the somewhat prolonged upper
tail-covers are pale blue, the chin, breast, and throat beneath the ear
white; the under side is entirely brownish yellow, with the exception of
a scarlet patch on the lower part of the belly and vent; a stripe that
passes over the eyes is black, as well as a line over the head; a streak
forming the eyebrow is white. The quills are black, tipped with white,
the first six primaries being also spotted with white; the secondaries
are edged with blueish green on the outer web; the tail-feathers are
black, tipped with dull blue, and a brilliant azure patch decorates
the region of the shoulder. The eye is nut-brown, the beak black, and the
foot reddish yellow. The length of the body is seven inches, that of the
wing four, and the tail measures one inch and two-thirds. The Nurang is
met with throughout the whole of India and Ceylon, and in some localities
is very numerous.
[Illustration: _Plate 19, Cassell's Book of Birds_