. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . hitish, tinged with fulvous-—feathers of the tail light dusky, all, except the centre ones, tipped lighter—bill and legsblackish—irides dark bro^ni—^length 6J inches—whig 3—tail otV—tarsus t\—bill at frontjV—at gape -^-a—weight 6^ drachms. In my Catalogue of Birds previoiisly referred to, I mention under the head of , that I had observed that species on the Neilgherries, though I had not pro-cured it. Since that time I obtained thi
. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . hitish, tinged with fulvous-—feathers of the tail light dusky, all, except the centre ones, tipped lighter—bill and legsblackish—irides dark bro^ni—^length 6J inches—whig 3—tail otV—tarsus t\—bill at frontjV—at gape -^-a—weight 6^ drachms. In my Catalogue of Birds previoiisly referred to, I mention under the head of , that I had observed that species on the Neilgherries, though I had not pro-cured it. Since that time I obtained this bird and found it to be distinct and apparentlyundescribed, so I have accordingly characterized it as above. It fi-equents cMefly thewarmer valleys at the edges of woods, and occasionally hedges and thickets. Its habits aremuch the same as those of its —L. liypoxantlia, Blyth, Description.—Above of the usual dusky coloru*—eyestreak, and enthe under partsbrihiant-yellow—^taH conspicuously white shafted with white iaterior edges to the feathersfor their terminal half—length 4J inches. Hab. DarjeeHng. ni. ^^t<n^^^/i/nuj y/^^^A^fJM^-^ 1 JMn£Ujy/.i//ij. /l^i& ORB. INSESSORES. TRIBE—SCANSORES. FAIL CUCULID^.GEN. ZANCLOSTOMUS—Stcainson. PLATE HI. ZANCL 0ST03IUS VIRIDIB OSTRIS—Jerdon. GREEN-BILLED CUCKOO. Synon.—Phcenicophceus Jerdoni, Blytli.—J. A. S. 1842—page 1095—^not Ph. viridirostris,- Eyton—P. Z. S. I described tMs bii-d as apparently new in my Catalogue of Bu-ds of the Indian;Peninsula already referred to, and ]SIr. Blyth: to whom I sent specimens so far assents tothis that he has given it a new name, but he says, In most particulars this bird agrees■with Dr. Lathams description of his Madagascar Cuckoo the Serisomuscristatus of Swauison,or Coucou Huppe de Madagascar of BuiTon,. which Levaillant states is also found in someparts of India, Dr. Latham adding, that I find a similar one among the drawin
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