. Birds. Birds. BATEACHOSTOMirS. 19& with irregular black blotches; a few smaller black spots on the back; a whitish collar produced by white feathers with black cross- bands round the hind-neck; much white on the scapulars and whitish bufE on the tertiaries; quills brown, the outer webs and tips mottled and spotted with rufous-white; tail banded, paler and darker, the cross-bands with imperfect blackish-brown edges y lower surface paler than upper, of rufous, white, and black mixed, white prevailing on the abdomen; a more or less distinct white baud across the lower throat. Female. Eich c
. Birds. Birds. BATEACHOSTOMirS. 19& with irregular black blotches; a few smaller black spots on the back; a whitish collar produced by white feathers with black cross- bands round the hind-neck; much white on the scapulars and whitish bufE on the tertiaries; quills brown, the outer webs and tips mottled and spotted with rufous-white; tail banded, paler and darker, the cross-bands with imperfect blackish-brown edges y lower surface paler than upper, of rufous, white, and black mixed, white prevailing on the abdomen; a more or less distinct white baud across the lower throat. Female. Eich chestnut throughout; supercilia white; chin,, vent, and lower taU-coverts whitish; a nuchal collar of white feathers banded with dark brown; some of the scapulars, a band of feathers across the throat, and a second across the breast white with black borders; tail with darker mottled cross-bands. Young very imperfectly known, probably each resembles an. adult of the same Pig. 56.—Head oi B. hodgsom, cJ. }. Bill light madder; irides marbled buff; legs light madder tinged with violet {W. Eamsay). Length about 10'5; tail 6; wing 5"3; tarsus -65; width \ of bill at gape 1*2. IKstrihution. Sikhim, at low elevations; Naga hiUs; Manipur; Toungngoo in Burma; Elarennee. Probably throughout the country from Sikhim to Northern Tenasserim, but apparently very rare. Habits, 6fe. Scarcely known at all, but doubtless similar to those of other species. The stomach of a female brought to Mr. Hume in Manipur contained beetles. The breeding-season appears to be from April to June ; the nests are either circular pads or deep cups composed of moss, roots, or leaves and twigs, lined with grass or down, placed on a branch or the stem of a tree. The eggs, one or two in number, are glossless white, and measure about 1-09 by -64. o2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
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