. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . xceeding a third of the length of the culmen. The wing is MICJiOSCELIS. 369 pointed, the secondaries falling short of the tip by a considerabledistance. The tail is distinctly forked and the outer featherscurved outwards. The tarsus is smooth and very short (see fig. 70,p. o60), being between a sixth and a seventh of the length of thewing. There is only one species found within our limits but thatis represented by numerous geographical races. The genusextends from India to Japan. Microscelis psaroides. Key to Subspecies. A. Crown of he
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . xceeding a third of the length of the culmen. The wing is MICJiOSCELIS. 369 pointed, the secondaries falling short of the tip by a considerabledistance. The tail is distinctly forked and the outer featherscurved outwards. The tarsus is smooth and very short (see fig. 70,p. o60), being between a sixth and a seventh of the length of thewing. There is only one species found within our limits but thatis represented by numerous geographical races. The genusextends from India to Japan. Microscelis psaroides. Key to Subspecies. A. Crown of head blade, contrasting with paler grey of back and clearlj defined from it. a. A black streak behind and under the ear- coverts, [p. ,869. a. Paler grey both above and below. . M. jysaroides psaroides, b. Darker bluish grey above and below . niyrescens, p. 371. b. No black streak behind or under the ear- coverts M. p. ganeesa, p. 372. B. Crown of bead black, gradually merging into the blackish grey of back and upper parts M. 2). concolor, p. Fig. 73.—Tail of M. p. psaroides. (386) Microscelis psaroides Himalata>- Black Bulbul. Hypsipetes psaroides Vigors, P. Z. S., 1831, p. 43 (Himalayas, Simla) jBlanf. & Gates, i, p. 260. Vernacular names. Ban Bah-a (at Mussoorie); Phaki-plio(Lepcha); Diirl-al (Cliamba). Description. Crown from forehead to nape, lores, a spot atthe ba>e of the lower mandible, another at the angle of the chinand a broad stripe round the ear-coverts black; a spot above thelores grey ; upper plumage and wing-coverts dark grey ; remainder VOL. I. 2 b 370 ;. o£ wings and tail black; ear-coverts, cliin, throat, breast andflanks grey ; abdomen and vent paler, tbe feathers being grey withwhite edges ; under tail-coverts grey with broad white margins.
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