. Birds. Birds. 340 TIMALIID.*:. Key to Subspecies. A. l'p]:er pai ts , more or less njHrked witli lilack from crown to rump, the bases of the feathers [p. 340. showiug through as greenish .... Ai. tipJiia tiphia, J breeding, B. Whole upper plumage from crown to rump black, bases showing [p. 342. through as bright yellow yE. t. zeylonua, J bretding, C. Upper parts mostly black but with a great deal of yellow showing througli, especially on nape ^. t. Jnnnei, cJ breeding, p. 312. D. Above rather dark yellowish green, [p. 341. tail black A^. t. tipJiia, J uon-breediug, E. Above a still
. Birds. Birds. 340 TIMALIID.*:. Key to Subspecies. A. l'p]:er pai ts , more or less njHrked witli lilack from crown to rump, the bases of the feathers [p. 340. showiug through as greenish .... Ai. tipJiia tiphia, J breeding, B. Whole upper plumage from crown to rump black, bases showing [p. 342. through as bright yellow yE. t. zeylonua, J bretding, C. Upper parts mostly black but with a great deal of yellow showing througli, especially on nape ^. t. Jnnnei, cJ breeding, p. 312. D. Above rather dark yellowish green, [p. 341. tail black A^. t. tipJiia, J uon-breediug, E. Above a still darker sliade, tail [p. 342. black /E. t. zeylojiica. S non-breeding, F. Above paler, more yellowisli, tail [p. 343. green A£. t. Jtuviei, J non-breeding, G. Above greenish yellow ^. t. tiphia, $, p. 341. li. Above darker greenish A^. t. zeylonica, $ , p. 342. I. Above very pale dull greeuisli yellow ^^. t. Jnimei, 5 , P- 342. uiJ. t. scapulnris is tlie Javaii form which is probably the same as those from Sumatra, Borneo and iSouth Malaya. Birds from Siam, Cochin China and further east are very richly coloured and orange below, whilst those from Annam are again someM hat different, the females beino- very grey on the breast and Fig. 64.—Head of .E. ;". tiphia. ^ (362) ^githina tiphia tiphia. The Commox Iora. Motacillu tiphirx Linn,, S. N., p. 186 (1758) (Bengal). jEyithina tiphia. Blaiif. & Uates, i, p. 230. Vernacular names. Shouhiga or ShouUgi (Hind.); Patsu-jittn (Tel.); I'acJtapora (Tam.); Cha-tnk, Taphika, Fotickja-tonfk (Beiig.); Barsat-Sorai (Assamese); Daotisha gurrmo gadeba (Cachari); Inga-ruina (Kaclia Naga); Vohjong pong (Mikir); Shive-pi-so (Burmese). Description.—Male breeding. Lores, forehead, crown, back, upper tail-coverts and tail black, the bases of the feathers yellow- green and showing through on the back; rinnp green ; wings black with two wide bars of white, formed by the median coverts and tips of greater; edges of inner secondaries
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