. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 348 :. January without any sign of change; but in the latter month signs of moulting can be perceived, and in nearly every month from January to August the young birds are putting on the adult plu- mage. The back of the freshly moulted young bird is almost with- out stripes ; but white shaft-lines are very evident on the rump. The adults appear to have their best plumage in June and July, the freshly moulted feathers having indistinct pale fringes on the back; the white shaft-lines to the feathers are often very faintly indicated and are
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 348 :. January without any sign of change; but in the latter month signs of moulting can be perceived, and in nearly every month from January to August the young birds are putting on the adult plu- mage. The back of the freshly moulted young bird is almost with- out stripes ; but white shaft-lines are very evident on the rump. The adults appear to have their best plumage in June and July, the freshly moulted feathers having indistinct pale fringes on the back; the white shaft-lines to the feathers are often very faintly indicated and are sometimes absent altogether from the back, though the feathers of the rump generally have some white-centred spots or streaks. During the nesting-season the plumage becomes re- markably abraded, especially visible in individuals procured from Jan\iary to March, when they begin to moult. The feathers of the rump are blackish brown, tipped with pale yellowish, before which is a bar of blackish brown, which is again preceded by an ashy bar, in the centre of which the white shaft-line forms a diamond-shaped spot. The yellow colour increases towards the upper tail -coverts, which are conspicuously golden or deep straw- yellow, and this colour pervades the Feather from lower back of M. punctulata (enlarged). Hah. The greater part of India and Ceylon, ranging eastwards into Assam and Cachar, where the range coalesces with that of M. eubundulata. a. 2 ad. sk. h. Ad. sk. c, d, e,f. Ad.; g. Juv. sk. A. Juv. sk. i, k. Ad. sk. I. 2 ad. sk. m, n. cJ ad.; o. 5 juv. sk. p, q. Ad.; r, s, t. Juv. sk. u. Ad. sk. V, w, X. Ad. sk. y. (S ad. sk. z. Ad. sk. a', h', c. 2 ad.; d'. cJ imm. sk. Mount Abu, Sept. 27 l^Dr. G. King). Mount Abu. Himalayas. Koteghur. Simla, July {R- C. Beavan). Simla, July (J. Biddulpli). Simla, July, Nov. (A. O. H.). Masuri, Oct, Almora, Oct. Dhoon, Jan. Dhoon, Jan. Kaladoongi, Dhoon, Sept. 25. Jbansi district, Aug., Sept. Hume Coll. Colonel E. A. Butler [C.]. P
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