. Birds. Birds. 152 BUCEEOTID^. Coloration. Male. Plumes at each side of forehead dull rufous; crown and nuchal crest dark greyish brown, the feathers with whitish shaft-stripes and rufous edges; back, rump, upper tail- coverts, scapulars, tertiaries,' and wing-coverts dark brown, larger sefeondary-coverts pale-edged, larger primary-coverts black, some of them white-tipped; primaries black, shghtly glossed, tipped white and with a broad buff outer border for an inch or two near the middle, but gradually nearer the tip in the later primaries; secondaries black, outer web greyish brown and the m
. Birds. Birds. 152 BUCEEOTID^. Coloration. Male. Plumes at each side of forehead dull rufous; crown and nuchal crest dark greyish brown, the feathers with whitish shaft-stripes and rufous edges; back, rump, upper tail- coverts, scapulars, tertiaries,' and wing-coverts dark brown, larger sefeondary-coverts pale-edged, larger primary-coverts black, some of them white-tipped; primaries black, shghtly glossed, tipped white and with a broad buff outer border for an inch or two near the middle, but gradually nearer the tip in the later primaries; secondaries black, outer web greyish brown and the margin buff; middle tail-feathers dark brown, other tail-feathers black glossed with green, all tipped white, the outer more broadly ; sides of neck and lower parts bright rufous, feathers of fore-neck with pale shaft-stripes; thigh-coverts mixed with dusky; wing-lining dark brown, edge of wing in front of winglet Fig. 44.—Head of P. tickelli, s- Female. The plumes at the sides of the forehead are concolorous with the crown; there are no white tips to the primary-coverts, and those to the quills are small or wanting; lower parts duller and darker than in the male, growing blackish on the chin and dusky on the vent and lower tail-coverts. Bill and casque yellowish white in the male, the tip of the lower mandible blackish, and a saffron patch on each side of the base; bill and casque of female brownish black; irides in both sexes bright brown; skin around orbits and at base of lower mandible bluish white or blue ; legs and feet brownish black. Length of male 30; tail 11-5; wing 13; tarsus 2; bill from gape 5. The female is smaller : wing 12 ; bill 4-5. Distribution. Only known from the Tenasserim hills east of Moulmein. Habits, Sfc. A shy restless bird, keeping to high forest, usually in parties of 8 or 10, and flying with the almost noiseless flight of Anthracoeeros, alternately flapping and sailing. The nest has been described by Major Bingham, who found from 3 to 5 egg
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