. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . dpecker, Jerdon ; Fi-ing, Lepcha. Coloration. Male. The whole plumage dull rufous (light chest-nut) ; top of the head and occiput tinged with dusky brown, thefeathers slightly paler at the edges, feathers of the chin and throatwith much more distinct pale edges; feathers beneath the eye andfor a short distance forwards and backwards tipped with crimson ;upper parts from the neck and the wing and tail-feathers with black 56 transverse bars, which sometimes disappear completely on theback, and are very narrow on the tail-feather
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . dpecker, Jerdon ; Fi-ing, Lepcha. Coloration. Male. The whole plumage dull rufous (light chest-nut) ; top of the head and occiput tinged with dusky brown, thefeathers slightly paler at the edges, feathers of the chin and throatwith much more distinct pale edges; feathers beneath the eye andfor a short distance forwards and backwards tipped with crimson ;upper parts from the neck and the wing and tail-feathers with black 56 transverse bars, which sometimes disappear completely on theback, and are very narrow on the tail-feathers ; lower surfacerather duller in colour than the back, and without black barsexcept occasionally on the flanks, thigh- and under tail-coverts. In females there is no red below the eye. The young generallyhave crescentic black or dusky marks on the underparts. Bill very dark brown, plumbeous at the base of the lowermandible; irides brown, eyelids plumbeous ; legs and feet greyishbrown (Oates). Length 10 ; tail 3 ; wing 5; tarsus -95; bill from gape 1* Fig. IG.—Head oi M. jphaoceps. Distrihution. The forests at and near the base of the Himalayasas far west as Dehra Dun; the greater part of Bengal and partsof the forest-region between the Ganges and Godavari, east of themeridian of 80^ or 82° * ; Assam, Cachar, Manipur, and Burma asfar south as Moulmein ; also Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin China. Habits, Sfc. A quiet bird, generally silent but far from shy, andwhere common, as in parts of Burma, found in both evergreenand deciduous forest, in bamboo-jungle, and occasionally in culti-vation. It feeds chiefly on the ants t that form nests in trees, andhas been several times found by Mr. Gammie in Sikhim, and byMajor Bingham in Tenasserim, to make a hole in the middle ofone of these ants nests, and to lay its eggs in a cup-shaped cavityin the middle. The eggs, generally three in number, are laid inApril and May: they are thin, fragile, without gloss, and measureabout 1-16 by •
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