. Birds .. . .t. sitidianus, p. 193. B. Throat and breast dark brown or black with ashy Tail ashy and brown; primaries^ edged paler. TunDOiuBS. 191 «. Ear-coverts blackish and darker than the rest of the head T. griseua griseus, p. 193. v. Ear-coveits same as the rest of the head T. g. striattis, p. 194. e. Tail rufous; primaries without Throat and breast mottled with brown T. somervillei, p. 194. C. Throat and breast uniformly T. rufeacens, p. 195. D. Throat pale rufous, breast dark rufous. T. cinereifrons, p. 196. (183) Turdoides terricolor Ben
. Birds .. . .t. sitidianus, p. 193. B. Throat and breast dark brown or black with ashy Tail ashy and brown; primaries^ edged paler. TunDOiuBS. 191 «. Ear-coverts blackish and darker than the rest of the head T. griseua griseus, p. 193. v. Ear-coveits same as the rest of the head T. g. striattis, p. 194. e. Tail rufous; primaries without Throat and breast mottled with brown T. somervillei, p. 194. C. Throat and breast uniformly T. rufeacens, p. 195. D. Throat pale rufous, breast dark rufous. T. cinereifrons, p. 196. (183) Turdoides terricolor Bengal Junglb-Babbleb. Pastor terricolor Hodgs., J. A. S. B., y, p. 771 (1836) (Nepal).Crateroput canorus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 110. Vernacular names, CAo^ar/iia (Beng.); Pen^ya-mains (Hind, inthe ) ; Sat Bhai, Jangli-khyr, Ghonghai (Hind.) ; Pedda-Sida(Tel.) ; Kuich-batchia (Behar). Description. Upper plumage, coverts and inner secondariespale brown, cinereous on the head and rump, slightly falvous on. rFig. 31.—Head of T. t, terricolor. the upper tail-coverts, the back with dark brown streaks andwhitish shaft-stripes; tail brown, paler towards the base anddarker towards the end, which is tipped with white and cross-rayed;wings dark brown, edged with asliy on the outer webs; loreswhitish with a narrow black line above them; sides of the headlike the crown; chin and throat cinereous, faintly cross-barreddarker; breast fulvous ashy with whitish shafts; abdomen, ventand under tail-coverts fulvous ; the sides tinged with brown andwith faint white shafts. Colours of soft parts. Iris white, yellowish white or creamywhite; orbital skin pale yellow ; legs and claws yellow, chrome-yellow, fleshy-yellow or yellowish white; bill chrome-yellow,yellowish white, dirty whitish or, rarely, pale horny-yellow. Measurements. Length 250 to 260 mm.; wing 103 to 110 mm.;tail 108 to 115 mm.; tarsus about 32 to 34 mm.; culmen about25 to 26 mm. Distribution. Northern India from the , Eastern
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