. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . black bandbetween. Back of head rufous yellow yviik black stripes—neck, breast and lesser wingcoverts of a pale tawny yellow, shaded with a greenish hue. Three bands on the breast,the first marroon, the second pale yellowish, and the last dark chocolate—the feathers ofthe rest of the lower ijlumage banded dark chocolate brown and ])alc yellowish—plumageabove banded dark brown and rufous yellow ; the larger wing coverts rufous yellow at thetip, t
. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . black bandbetween. Back of head rufous yellow yviik black stripes—neck, breast and lesser wingcoverts of a pale tawny yellow, shaded with a greenish hue. Three bands on the breast,the first marroon, the second pale yellowish, and the last dark chocolate—the feathers ofthe rest of the lower ijlumage banded dark chocolate brown and ])alc yellowish—plumageabove banded dark brown and rufous yellow ; the larger wing coverts rufous yellow at thetip, then with a band of a dusky or inky hue, next a white one, and then another fainterinky one on a pale dusky yellow ground, this last inky band being sometimes edged byanother narrow white one. Quills dusky, edged with yellow—tail banded brown andyellow—bin red—orbitar skin pale lemon yellow—irides deep brown—legs and feet ochre-ous yellow. Length about 10 inches—wing 7|—tail 3—extent of ^ings neajiiy 21 inches—weight about 7 ounces. I intend to give a figui-e of the Female bird in a futiu-e number of the Illustrations. XI. i:/^A«e fiCf-crnc^ ^^m^?nMy^^ ;t/it/ lyLa^.^. Cl/.^li^^; ORD. INSESSORES. TRIBE—DENTIROSTRES. FAM. LANIAD^.SUB-FAM. PH^NICORNIS. PLATE XI. PHJENICOJRNIS FLA3IMEUS. FIERY-RED BIRD. MALE AND FEMALE. Synon.—Muscicapa Jlainmea, Temtn. P. C. 263—M. Subfiava, Vieillot? Gobe moucheoranor de IIsle de Ceylon, Levaillant ? Sayelee—Hindustani. The genus Plicenicornis was separated by Swainson, and is a very distinct andweR cliaracterized group of birds. I see, however, that Mr. Gray, in his Genera of Birds,considers Boies genus Pericrocotus to be synonymous and to have the priority. As how-ever Swainsons name has now been in considerable use in this country, and as there arestni some doubts as to the exact identity of several of these supposed synonymous genera,I have for the present retained our countrymans name
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