. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 9. LALAGE. 91 d. J ail. sk. Tvavaufore. Capt. BickUiljili [C.]. «, f-d^adsk. Mysore. Marshall [P.]. (/.' 2 ad. sk. \'ingorla, Jan. 1809. Colonel Sturt [P.]. 'h. d" ad. sk. Mahabaleshwur Hills. Colonel Sturt [P.! >\j- 6 $ Ne\varaEliya,Ceylon. Mr. E. Boate [ h. cS ad. sk. Ceylon. Huorh Ciiminf^, Esq. [C.]. /. J ad., «i. d".i Central Provinces, A. Whyte, Esq. [C.]. Ceylon. Subsp. a. Lalage melanothorax. Similar to L. s^j/lrsi, but with a very much larger bill; the whole head and neck and the throat and ches
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 9. LALAGE. 91 d. J ail. sk. Tvavaufore. Capt. BickUiljili [C.]. «, f-d^adsk. Mysore. Marshall [P.]. (/.' 2 ad. sk. \'ingorla, Jan. 1809. Colonel Sturt [P.]. 'h. d" ad. sk. Mahabaleshwur Hills. Colonel Sturt [P.! >\j- 6 $ Ne\varaEliya,Ceylon. Mr. E. Boate [ h. cS ad. sk. Ceylon. Huorh Ciiminf^, Esq. [C.]. /. J ad., «i. d".i Central Provinces, A. Whyte, Esq. [C.]. Ceylon. Subsp. a. Lalage melanothorax. Similar to L. s^j/lrsi, but with a very much larger bill; the whole head and neck and the throat and chest glossy steel-black, extend- ing much further down than in L. syl-esi. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0*8, win_g •1-2, tail 3-2, tarsus Head of Lalage mekmollioriix, to show extent of black on the throat. Huh. Madras. <t. 2 ad. St. Madras. Rev. H. H. Ikber [p.]. 2. Lalage melanoleuca. Pseudolalage melanoleuca, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxx. p. 97 ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 178, pi. 29. fig. 2; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, vol. i. p. 351. Pseudolalage melanictera, Schter, Ibis, 1862, p. 78 (lajisu cal.). Lalage melanoleuca, Hartl. J. f. O. 1866, p. 163; Von Martens, O. 1866, p. 12. Campephaga melanictera, G'rai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 339, no. 5129. Adult. General colour above glossy greenish black, including the scapulars and all the wiug-covcrts excei)t the innermost of the median series, which are pure white, the iniiermost of the greater H 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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