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The Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society October 1935

1935

The Society was started about the end of 1923 the objects being to maintain the Museum in a proper condition ; to promote the study of Natural History and to get together as complete as possible collections of Natural History specimens from a limited area including the civil districts of Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling and the State of Sikkim " as well as what could be procured from the neighbourin [...] Andrews cross—the effect on the observer's retina of the instantaneous reversal of the motion of the wing at each beat." The Sunbirds can also hover but only for a very short time and procurethei food by perching on the twigs near the cowers and so reaching them. [...] consisting of the Sunbirds in which the sexes differ the males having some portion of their plumage metallic the other the Arach notherinw contains the SpideHunters in which the sexes are alike and none of the plumage is metallic. [...] longer.; one specimen collected on the 30th November 1926 has the breast suffused with orange red and some crimson is appearing on it ; in this specimen the tail coverts are only orange-red and not the rich crimson of the otheiT and the tail is more like that of the lieu ; anotlier datel 23rd Ja'nuary 1920 has less yellow on the lower plumage and no sign of orange-red on the breast"( 46 ) but ther [...] A moulting bird dated 26th August 1925 has more or less assumed the colour of the breast of the adult and the crimson on the back and hind-neck are fairly advanced a small patch of metallic feathers shows at the base of the crown and some scattered ones on the chin and throat.
agriculture environment
Pages
43
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120302
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i C.M. Inglis view
Frontmatter
i-iii C.M. Inglis view
The Sunbirds and Spider-Hunters of our area
37-49 C. M. Inglis view
Bat Collecting in the Darjeeling District
49-63 C. Primrose view
Observations on Centipedes Hairy Caterpillars Monitors and Geckoes
64-69 H. S. Wood view
To the Editor
70-72 C.M. Inglis view
Backmatter
i-i C.M. Inglis view

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