. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . at thebase of the mandible. Primaries 10; tail-feathers 12. Sexesalike. COEACIAS. 103 This family is found in tropical and temperate regions of theOld World. Two genera are Indian. Key to the Genera. a. Bill compressed; breadth at gape about half length of culmeu Coracias, p. 103. h. Bill short, broad; breadth at gape about equal to culmen Eurystomus, p. 107. Genus COEACIAS, Linn., 1766. Bill rather long, compressed, culmen slightly curved, nostrilselongate ; gape wide, with strong rictal bristles. To this genus belong three Indian and
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . at thebase of the mandible. Primaries 10; tail-feathers 12. Sexesalike. COEACIAS. 103 This family is found in tropical and temperate regions of theOld World. Two genera are Indian. Key to the Genera. a. Bill compressed; breadth at gape about half length of culmeu Coracias, p. 103. h. Bill short, broad; breadth at gape about equal to culmen Eurystomus, p. 107. Genus COEACIAS, Linn., 1766. Bill rather long, compressed, culmen slightly curved, nostrilselongate ; gape wide, with strong rictal bristles. To this genus belong three Indian and Burmese birds, of whichone is migratory and only occurs in North-western India. Speciesare found throughout Africa, Europe and Central Asia, and inCelebes. Key to the Sjpecies. a. Lower parts only blue in part. a. Under wing-coverts, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts pale blue C. indica, p. 103. b. Under wing-coverts deep blue, pale blue con-fined to vent and lower tail-coverts C nffinis, p. 105. b. Lower parts pale blue throughout (. <jurnda, p. Fig;. 29.—Head of C. indica. 1022. Coracias indica. The Indian Roller. Coracias indica, Liim. Stjst. Nat. i, p. 159 (1766); Blytk, Cat. p. 51 ;Horsf. Sr M. Cat. ii, p. 571; Jerdon, B. 1. i, p. 214 ; Stol. , pt. 2, p. 19; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 73; Hume,S. F. i, p. 167; id. Cat. no. 123; Blanf. East. Pers. ii, p. 126 ;Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 281 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 237 ; Murray,Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 109 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 97 ; id. N. H. Soc. iv, p. 9 ; Davidson, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. i,p. 176; Oates in Humes N. Sf E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 53 ; Sharpe,P. Z. S. 1890, p. 517 ; id. Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 10. Nilkant, Sahzak, H. ; Tds, Mahr. ; Pain pitta, Tel. ; Kattu kadei,Pal-hvruvi, Tarn.; Panang-karda, Tam. Ceylon ; Doong-koivlmoa, Cing.;Blue Jay or Jay of Europeans in India. 104 cobaciadjE. Coloration. Narrow forehead and chin pale hrownish rufous;crown and nape hluish green, brighter and b
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