. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . p. 222. 298 ASIONIDiE. Ephialtes bakhamuna, Holdsivorth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 417; Httme, 8. i^. i, p. 432; iii, p. iudicus, Butler, S. F. vii, p. 175 ; Hume, ibid. pp. 201, bakkamoena, Reid, S. F. x, p. IG; Blanf. Ibis, 1894, p. Larf/e Scops Otvl, Jerdon ; Tharkavi choghad, II. ; Lattya kusyal,Nepal; Pedda chitta (juba, Tel. Coloration. Lores sullied white, the longest black-tipped, rest offacial disk light brown or rufescent, generally banded darker ;forehead, broad supercilia, and inner webs of the long aigr
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . p. 222. 298 ASIONIDiE. Ephialtes bakhamuna, Holdsivorth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 417; Httme, 8. i^. i, p. 432; iii, p. iudicus, Butler, S. F. vii, p. 175 ; Hume, ibid. pp. 201, bakkamoena, Reid, S. F. x, p. IG; Blanf. Ibis, 1894, p. Larf/e Scops Otvl, Jerdon ; Tharkavi choghad, II. ; Lattya kusyal,Nepal; Pedda chitta (juba, Tel. Coloration. Lores sullied white, the longest black-tipped, rest offacial disk light brown or rufescent, generally banded darker ;forehead, broad supercilia, and inner webs of the long aigretteswhite or buff, speckled and barred with black; ruff white or buflP,with dark brown edges ; crown and upper parts generally closelyvermiculated and speckled with black on a buff ground, manyfeathers with black shaft-stripes more or less dentate and irregular,or even broken up, generally broadest on the crown and nape ; apale buff nuchal collar, formed by buff feathers with dark edges ;large buff spots tipped with black on the outer scapulars, forming. a distinct buff scapular band ; quills brown, with paler mottledbands and tips, the bands as usual forming white or buff spots onthe outer webs of the primaries, but becoming faint and indistincton their inner webs, better marked on the secondaries, and runninginto buff indentations on the inner borders, as also on theprimaries near the base ; tail brown, with pale cross-bands, all thefeathers more or less mottled, especially the middle pair and theouter webs and tips of the others; chin white or buff, throat(part of the ruff-feathers) buff with shafts, tips, and sometimesbars dark brown ; rest of lower surface white or buff, somewhatirregularly black-shafted, and much stippled with fine wavy cross-bars more or less broken up ; legs, vent, and under tail-covertsnearly or quite uniform white or buff. Some birds are more rufous than others. Young birds are veryindistinctly coloured, the prevalent markings being close, irregular,
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