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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society January 1925

1925

S. 260 A DESCRIPTION OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF THE COMMON BIRDS OCCURRING IN THE PLAINS OF THE UNITED PROVINCES. [...] The genus Lerwa contains a single species the plumage of which is constant throughout its range ; the wing is pointed and rather short ; the second primary is usually the longest the first and third being equal and very little shorter ; in some specimens however the first primary is the longest and in others the three first are practically equal ; the secondaries reach to within about one inch [...] Nestling.—Centre of crown and nape round the eye and posterior cheeks velvety black ; remainder of head throat and sides of neck soft silvery white ; upper plumage ches'-nut brown a blackish mark down the centre of the back and thighs ; below pale buff to chestnut buff. [...] The hollow may be either a natural one or one made by the birds but whether the one or the other it is nearly always placed near the crest of the hill and always to the leeward side of it. [...] From the depths beneath the lowing of cattle steals upwards mellowed by the distance and mingled with faint murmurs from the torrents below ; a bee or two pass humming softly ; a stone clatters down over the shale ; the surging murmur of some distant avalanche creeps along the hill side and then again a stillness as of death pervades the scene.
agriculture environment
Pages
306
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120062
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv unknown view
The Game Birds of India Burma and Ceylon
235-252 E.C. Baker view
The Mammals and Birds of Kashmir and the Adjacent Hill Provinces
253-259 Col. Ward view
Notes on the Acrididae (Orthoptera) of Central Asia With Descriptions of New Species and Races
260-i B.P. Uvarov view
A Description of the Nests and Eggs of the Common Birds Occurring in the Plains of the United Provinces
273-284 E.H.N. Gill view
The Common Butterflies of the Plains of India (Including Those Met with in the Hill Stations of the Bombay Presidency)
285-305 T.R. Bell view
Birds-Nesting With a Camera in India
306-313 R.S.P. Bates view
Notes and Descriptions of Indian Fishes
314-321 Henry Fowler view
The Identification of Indian Butterflies
322-351 Colonel Evans view
Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas
352-379 Herbert Stevens view
A Sporting Trip to the Pindari Glacier
380-396 W.H.O. Shortt view
Indian Dragonflies
397-405 F.C. Fraser view
A Note on the Weavers and Finches of the Punjab
406-417 Hugh Whistler view
A Journey to Siam and Back
418-427 C.H. Stockley view
A List of the Heteromerous Coleoptera Collected Mainly During the War by Various Members of H. M. Forces in Mesopotamia
428-440 K.G. Blair view
Notes on Small Game Shooting in the Khasi Hills
441-445 Edward Mcculloch view
Reviews
446-451 unknown view
Editorial
452-454 unknown view
Obituary Notice
455-455 W.B. Bannerman view
Miscellaneous Notes
456-494 unknown view
Report on the Progress and Condition of the Natural History Section Prince of Wales“ Museum for the Year Ending 31st March 1924
495-504 S.H. Prater view
Proceedings
505-507 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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