. A general history of birds . ge, surrounded by abeautiful, purple, naked orbit; irides dark orange; head, neck,breast, and belly scarlet; across the breast a narrow white band;back, rump, upper tail coverts, and thighs chestnut; wing covertsblack, variegated with irregular white bars; quills white at the base;otherwise black ; the prime ones white on the outer edge, the fourththe longest; the second quills have the outer webs beautifullyvariegated with white bars; the two middle tail feathers brown, withblack tips; the two next have great part of the inner web black ; inthe two next only par
. A general history of birds . ge, surrounded by abeautiful, purple, naked orbit; irides dark orange; head, neck,breast, and belly scarlet; across the breast a narrow white band;back, rump, upper tail coverts, and thighs chestnut; wing covertsblack, variegated with irregular white bars; quills white at the base;otherwise black ; the prime ones white on the outer edge, the fourththe longest; the second quills have the outer webs beautifullyvariegated with white bars; the two middle tail feathers brown, withblack tips; the two next have great part of the inner web black ; inthe two next only part of the outer web is brown, the remainderblack; the fourth and fifth black, with a considerable space of whiteat the ends; the outermost the same, but the white occupies morespace; the three outer ones much shorter than the six middle, andgraduated ; the outmost very short; legs dirty red. The female is one inch and a half shorter. The head, and neck,to the breast, dull chestnut; wing coverts reddish white, with slender ra^ocKi^?^c T27MAtcc6u/. curucui. 213 transverse lines, as in the male, and a narrow white band on thebreast, as in that sex; and besides the first, two others less defined. Communicated by Dr. Buchanan, to whom the above were sentalive from Sylhet, as of different sexes; the male called by theBengalese, Suda Sohaghin; in Hindustan, Hummesha Picara, whichsignifies, always admirable. The female is the Cuckeuchea of theBengalese. Among the drawings of the Birds of Ceylon, by the late Mr. , is one, apparently of the male of this species, but wantingthe white bar on the breast; in this, the crown of the head is black;from the chin to the breast ash-colour; tail cuneiform, ends name Holcmunnah. A.—Length fourteen inches. Bill hooked, blue, with many hairsat the base; space round the eyes bare and blue; irides red; head,neck, and back pale brownish clay-colour; wing coverts finely barredblack and brown; quills reddish, chocolate brown,
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