. Birds. Birds. EUliBES. 513 cases quite separated by a feathered tract, as shown in the cut (fig. 150). For this cut I have selected a bird in which this feature is marked in an extraordinary degree, but it is more or less the same in other specimens. Some birds, however, have the patches joined by a narrow line not broader than an ordinary pin. But under no circumstances can the two species be confounded, if well-prepared specimens of each he examined. Bill orange-vermilion, yellow at the tip; legs and wattles sulphur- yellow (Wardlatv Ramsay). Length about 12-5; tail 3-5; wing 6-8; tarsus 1
. Birds. Birds. EUliBES. 513 cases quite separated by a feathered tract, as shown in the cut (fig. 150). For this cut I have selected a bird in which this feature is marked in an extraordinary degree, but it is more or less the same in other specimens. Some birds, however, have the patches joined by a narrow line not broader than an ordinary pin. But under no circumstances can the two species be confounded, if well-prepared specimens of each he examined. Bill orange-vermilion, yellow at the tip; legs and wattles sulphur- yellow (Wardlatv Ramsay). Length about 12-5; tail 3-5; wing 6-8; tarsus 1-5; bill from gape 1-6. Distribution. The extreme south of Tenasserim, probably ranging into the Thoungyeen valley. The Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Habits, ^c. A nest of a Graclde found by Bingham in Tenasserim, judging by the size oE the eggs, belonged to this species. It was found in March, and the two eggs it contained measured 1 3 by â 95, and 1-27 by -93. 526. Eulabes ptilogenys. The Ceylon Orackle. Gracula ptilogenys, Bhjtk, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 285 (1846); id. Cat. p. 108. Eulabes ptilogenys {Blyth), Hume, S. F. vii, p. 410; hegge. Birds Ceyl. p. 685, pi. 29, flg. 2; Hume, Cat. no. 693 bis; Oates in Hume^ N. iS,- E. 2nd ed. i, p. 366. Mainatus ptilogenys (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 109. Mal-Kaioada, Selalaheniya, Fig. 151.âHead oi E. ptilogenys. Coloration. No naked skin on side of head; the whole plumage brilliant glossy black, the first six or seven primaries with a patch of white at their bases. Iris (male) greyish white, dappled with brown, (female) white or yellowish white; bill orange-red, with the upper mandible black from gape to nostril, the lower black for half its length; legs and feet gamboge-yellow ; claws blackish ; lappets rich yellow (JLegge). Length about 10; tail 2-8; wing 6; tarsus 1-35; bill from gape 1-4. TOL. I. .^ L. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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