. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . rsf. ^ ii, p. 723 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 390 ; Scott, Ibis, 1866p. 22-2 ; 1867, p. 135; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 26 ;Beavan, Ibis, 1870, p. 310 ; Godn\-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2,p. 99 ; xlv, pt. 2, p. 71 ; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 21; Blanf. J. A. S. B. * This discovery has just been made by Gadow, and is announced in Newlons Dictionary of Birds (pt. iii, 1891), pp. 617, 618, fig. V*. Hitherto ithad been supposed that the jjlantar tendons of Hoopoes were free, as in Passeres. 160 TJPUPID^. xli, pt. 2, p. 44; Br
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . rsf. ^ ii, p. 723 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 390 ; Scott, Ibis, 1866p. 22-2 ; 1867, p. 135; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 26 ;Beavan, Ibis, 1870, p. 310 ; Godn\-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2,p. 99 ; xlv, pt. 2, p. 71 ; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 21; Blanf. J. A. S. B. * This discovery has just been made by Gadow, and is announced in Newlons Dictionary of Birds (pt. iii, 1891), pp. 617, 618, fig. V*. Hitherto ithad been supposed that the jjlantar tendons of Hoopoes were free, as in Passeres. 160 TJPUPID^. xli, pt. 2, p. 44; Brooks, ibid. p. 75 ; Hume Sf Henders. Lah. toYork. p. 182 ; Hiane, S. F. i, p. 174; xi, p. 87: id. Cat. no. 254 ;Butler, S. F. iii, p. 462; v, p. 228; ix, p. 391 ; Ball, S. F. vii,p. 209; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 57; Davison. S. F. x, p. 304 ; C. H. , Ibis, 1884, p. 412 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 141 ; Oates inHumes N. Sr E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 337 ; Saloin, Cat. B. M. xvi, p. 4. Hud-hud, Pers. & H.; Sutdr, Mahr.; Sukdudu, Chamba ; Katkuto,Sind. ^ > ,. Fig. 47.—Head of V. epops, |. CoIoratio7i. Crest rufous-fawn, all the feathers with black tips,and on the longer feathers the rufous passes into pure whitebefore the black end is reached ; sides of head, chin, neck allround, and breast varying from sandy to pale rufous with a vinoustinge; upper back and wings along forearm light brown, then ablack band, followed by a buffy-white one, crosses the wings andback, with a second black and a second white band on the wings,but the lower back is black or brown ; the rump white ; upper tail-coverts black, and tail black with a white bar across it halfwaydown ; quills black, the first primary generally, but not always,with a white spot on the inner web, the other primaries with awhite band across them, imperfect on the innermost; secondarieswith white bases and four white bands ; tertiaries brown, edged withbuff and with an oblique buff band near the shaft on the innerweb; abdomen white,
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