. Birds .. . le. The lower plumage is more fulvous. Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel to deep crimson, dull pale brownin the young; upper mandible dark horny-brown, lower paleyellowish or horny-white ; legs and feet pale fleshy or fleshy-whil-e. Measurements. Length about 165 to 175 mm.; wing 66 to73 mm., average 70 mm.; tail about 66 to 68 mm.; tarsus about25 to 26 mm.; culmen about 16 to 17 mm. Distribution. From Nepal eastwards through the Himalayas,North and South of the Brahmaputra in Assam, Manipur, extremeNorth of Chin and Kachin Hills, and Bhamo. PBLLOKNBUM. 241 Nidification. Mandellis
. Birds .. . le. The lower plumage is more fulvous. Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel to deep crimson, dull pale brownin the young; upper mandible dark horny-brown, lower paleyellowish or horny-white ; legs and feet pale fleshy or fleshy-whil-e. Measurements. Length about 165 to 175 mm.; wing 66 to73 mm., average 70 mm.; tail about 66 to 68 mm.; tarsus about25 to 26 mm.; culmen about 16 to 17 mm. Distribution. From Nepal eastwards through the Himalayas,North and South of the Brahmaputra in Assam, Manipur, extremeNorth of Chin and Kachin Hills, and Bhamo. PBLLOKNBUM. 241 Nidification. Mandellis Babbler breeds from March to May, asecond brood being very often found from May to July or evenAugust. Tlieir favourite elevation is between 2,000 and 3,000 feetand their favourite country bamboo-jungle, the lightest of grass orscrub undergrowth, or poor secondary growth in deserted culti-vation ; more rarely their nests may be found in undergrowth offorests. Wherever found the nests are always on the ground. Fig. 43.—Head of P. r. mandellii: unless in bamboo clumps a few inches to 2 or 3 feet aboveit. They are made of grass and bamboo leaves, or of the latteralone merely lined with grass and in shape are large oval , when the fallen leaves lie so thick as to completelyhide the nest, this is merely a deep cup or semi-domed affair andI liave seen such buried deep in piles of bamboo leaves and deadgrass. They are very fond of placing their nests at the edge ofelephant or gaur tracks, where it seems a wonder they can escapebeing trampled on. The eggs, three or four in number, are likethose of P. r. ruficeps, but are perhaps rathen more richly markedon the whole. 200 eggs average 22-4xl63 mm. ; maxima24-19 X 17-1 and 21-7 X18-8 mm.; minima 20-5 x 16-1 and 20-6 x153 mm. Hat)its. During the winter this little Babbler goes about eitherin pairs or family parties of five or six, frequenting the kind ofcover described above. They are very restless, energetic birds,const
Size: 2179px × 1147px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1922
