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646 Cf. A.h.Sū.6.46 (indrābha; Hemādri: it resembles a kaṅka and has various colours); A.s.Sū.7.69 (indrābha). Indrābha may not be the name of a separate bird, but a qualification of sārapada (see Cakra, who reads sārapadendrābha as the name of one particular bird); Dalhaṇa mentions a sārapada or sārapadendra. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965) identify the indrābha as *Leucocerca aureola*, the hedge sparrow. P.V. Sharma: hedge sparrow. Gulabkunverba: adjutant. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: hedge sparrow. See on the subspecies of *Rhipidura aureola* Lesson, a fantail flycatcher: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 7, 205–211. A hedge sparrow is not described by S. Ali and S.D. Ripley. K.N. Dave (1985: 277–279) regards the impeyan pheasant as the indrābha. See on *Lophophorus impejanus* (Latham), the impeyan or Himalayan monal pheasant: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 2, 88–90.