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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... ed. ii, p. 392; Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 316. Eudynamis malayana, Cab. fy Heine, Mus. Hem. iv, p. 52 (1862); Walden, Ibis. 1869, p. 339; Hume, S. F. ii, p. 192; xi, p. 77; id. Cat. no. 214 bis; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 162; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 119; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 581; v, p. 569. Eudynamis chinensis, Cab. $ Hein, l. c. note; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 81. Koel, H.; Kokil, Beng.; Kokila, Nallak J, Podak 2- Tel.; Kutil, Koel, Tamul (Ceylon); Kaputa Koha J, Gomera Koha $, Cing.; Ou-au, Burmese. Coloration. Male black throughout with a bluish-green gloss. Female. Above brown with an olive gloss; head and neck spotted with white all round, more closely below; back and wingcoverts also spotted; quills and tail-feathers barred with white; the spots of the fore-neck pass gradually into equal bars of white and glossy brown, which cover the breast and abdomen. The nestling is black throughout at first, but it soon assumes a livery much like that of the adult female, but with the spots and bars rufous, the head with broad rufous shaft-stripes, the throat Fig. 65.--Head of E. honorata, eJ, . with broad whitish streaks, the breast with large white spots, and the abdomen with dark arrowhead marks. From this both sexes appear to pass into the adult plumage without moulting. Some young males are found almost without rufous spots or bars. Probably the changes that take place vary. Bill dull green, dusky at the gape; iris bright crimson; legs plumbeous, claws dark horny. Length about 17; tail 7 to 8-5; wing 7 to 8-25; tarsus 1-3; bill from gape 1-6. Distribution. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma, except on the Himalayas above the tropical zone. This bird is rare in Sind and the Punjab, and not known to occur farther west; to the eastward its r..
| ISBN-13 | 9781153297066 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115329706X |
| Weight | 1.24 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.85 In |
| List Price | $28.20 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 382 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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