. Birds. Birds. 260 CEATEEOPOBID^. wing is sharp, the secondaries falling short of the tip by a con- siderable distance. The tail is distinctly forked, and the outer feathers curved outwards. The tarsus is smooth and very short (see fig. 79, p. 253), being between a sixth and a seventh of the length of the wing. The three Indian species are closely allied, but they are easily recognizable, and they have, moreover, distinct areas of distribution. Key to the Species. a. A distinct black cheek-stripe contrasting with the throat S. psaroides, p. 260. 6. No cheek-stripe. a'. A black patch imder the
. Birds. Birds. 260 CEATEEOPOBID^. wing is sharp, the secondaries falling short of the tip by a con- siderable distance. The tail is distinctly forked, and the outer feathers curved outwards. The tarsus is smooth and very short (see fig. 79, p. 253), being between a sixth and a seventh of the length of the wing. The three Indian species are closely allied, but they are easily recognizable, and they have, moreover, distinct areas of distribution. Key to the Species. a. A distinct black cheek-stripe contrasting with the throat S. psaroides, p. 260. 6. No cheek-stripe. a'. A black patch imder the ear-coverts H: concolor, p. 261. b'. No black patch under the ear-coverts S. ganeeaa, p. Fig. 82.—Tail of H. psaroides. 269. Hypsipetes psaroides. The Himalayan Blade Bwlbul. Hypsipetes psaroides, Viffors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 43; Gould, Cent. pi. 10; Blyth, Cat. p. 206; Jfforsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 254; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 77; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 3&; Hume, N. ^ E. p. 278; Cock 4- Marsh. S. F. i, p. 365; Hum^ ^ Henders. Lah. to York. p. 108; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi,; Hume, Cat. no. 444; ScuU\j, S. F. viii, p. 293 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 36; Oates, B. B. i, p. 173; C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 415; Hvane, S. F. xi, p. 176; Oates in Humis N. ^ B. 2nd ed. i, p. 164. Hypsipetes concolor, Blyth, apud J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. u, p. 106; xlv, pt, ii, p. 78. Ban Bakra, at Mussoorie; Phakki-pho, Lepch.; Burkal, Chamba. Coloration. Crown from the forehead to the nape, the lores, a spot at the base of the lower mandible, one at the angle of the chin, and a broad stripe from beneath the eye passing under the ear- coverts, and meeting a narrower line from the crown passirig be-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, Wil
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