. Birds. Birds. SIPHBCTIS. 199 lAhh., Chota Charat, Barsdti or Kala, H.; Ker mor, Guzerat; Tan-mor, Mahr.; Chini mor, Belgaum ; KhaHitar, Bhil; Charas, Chulla Charaa, H. (S. India); Niala Nimili, Tel.; Kannoul, Can.; Warragu Roli, Fig. 42.—Head of S. aurita, 2 - i- Coloration, Female and male in winter plumage.—Crown black, more or less streaked with buff, and generally with a pale mesial band; back o£ neck finely vermiculated or speckled buff and black; sides of head and neck buff, with coarser black marks; back, scapulars, and tertiaries black mottled with sandy buff, and with a V-shap
. Birds. Birds. SIPHBCTIS. 199 lAhh., Chota Charat, Barsdti or Kala, H.; Ker mor, Guzerat; Tan-mor, Mahr.; Chini mor, Belgaum ; KhaHitar, Bhil; Charas, Chulla Charaa, H. (S. India); Niala Nimili, Tel.; Kannoul, Can.; Warragu Roli, Fig. 42.—Head of S. aurita, 2 - i- Coloration, Female and male in winter plumage.—Crown black, more or less streaked with buff, and generally with a pale mesial band; back o£ neck finely vermiculated or speckled buff and black; sides of head and neck buff, with coarser black marks; back, scapulars, and tertiaries black mottled with sandy buff, and with a V-shaped buff streak, more or less distinct, near the margin o£ each feather; wing-coverts chiefly sandy buff, with irregular black bars ; two or three primaries uniform dark brown, the other primaries becoming more and more banded with ochreous yellow, which is mottled with black towards the tips of the feathers; secondaries dark brown, with broad ' mottled bands throughout; tail yellow-buff with black bars, and mottled with black towards the tips, middle feathers mottled throughout; chin and throat white; fore neck and upper breast buff, with black streaks that become fainter on the latter; lower breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts huffy white ; axillaries black. Male in breeding-plumage.—A few (usunlly three on each side) narrow ribbon-like feathers about 4 inches long, spatulate towards the ends and curved upwards from behind the ear-coverts. Head, neck, and lower parts black, except the chin and a varying portion of the throat, which are white ; band across the hind neck at the base white; back, scapulars, and tertiaries black, with fine whitish mottling and V-shaped marks, the black disappearing on the wing- coverts, which are mainly white ; the larger primary and the tips of the larger secondary coverts black; quills as in the female ; rump and upper tail-coverts black finely speckled with white ; tail pale, whitish and mottled with black at the end, buff to
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