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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1845

1845

‘Comprising the Anima’s of the Himalaya Mountains those of the Va of the Indus of the Provinces of Assam Sylhet Tipperah Arracan and of Ceylon with Occasional Notices of Seecies from the Neighbouring Countries. [...] nipalensis the vermillion colour fades to amber ; the anterior half of the crown is much more albescent ; the fulvous tinge on the breast much stronger ; the maronne colour of the back is more extended ; the longest tertiaries are greenish-dusky instead of green ; and the lower tail-coverts are of a deeper cinnamon-colour. [...] The neck all round with the breast bright yellowish-green having a shade of fulvous ; cap sides of base of neck and the abdominal region asgrey the belly with generally some admixture of green more or less developed and there is a green tinge on the forehead ; shoulder of the wing lilach in the male and a trace 'of the same in the female ; greater wing-coverts margined with pale yell [...] The latter differs in its smaller size having the wing but five inches and a half ; in the male having the entire crown and throat grey instead of green ; in the very much greater development of the lilach colour above the orange of the breast this enveloping the whole neck whereas in Tr. [...] malabarica but larger and at once distinguished by its cuneiform tail; by the greater development of the soft basal portion of its bill; also by the green colour tinged in the male with buff of its crown ; by the considerable diminution of the maronne colour on the matle of the male especially on the back the posterior scapularies. the tertiaries and the great wing-coverts being green ;
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Pages
88
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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Drafts for a Faudna Indica.Comprising the Animals of the Himalaya Mountains those of the Valley of the Indus of the Provinces of Assam Sylhet Tipperah. Arracan and of Ceylon with Occasional Notices of Species from the Neighbouring Countries. By Ed. Blyth Curator of the Asiatic Society’s Museum &c. & c
845-878 The Secretary view
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878-916 The Secretary view
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