. Illustrazioni di ornitologia indiana : contenente cinquanta figure di specie di uccelli nuove, non figurate ed interessanti, principalmente dal sud dell'India. Le collezioni fatte sulla costa occidentale tuttavia includono solitamente se. 1 haveim)t visto esso-io da qualsiasi altro passato del paese, ma il sig. Blyth, credo, ha ottenuto-esemplari da Assam o Arracan. Descrizione-maschio^foreliead .-jd rown, c]nn, gola e controlli, schiena, *tripealong le ali, e-terziaries giallo bianco, il secondo tcrminatccl witli un bhick hcarl-a forma di macchia. Testa posteriore e lungo ottipifal, cresta, nuca, seapiLirs, quills, uppir an

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. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . ird. Collections made on the West-Coast however usually include if. 1 haveiM)t seen it-myself from anyother past of the country, but Mr. Blyth, I think, has obtained-specimens from Assam or Arracan. Description—Male^foreliead .-jd rown, c]nn, throat and checks, back, *tripealong the wings, and-tertiaries yellowish white, the latter tcrminatccl witli a bhick hcarl-shaped spot. Hind head and long octipifal, crest, nape, seapiiLirs, quills, uppir and undertail coverts, vent and taii deep black. Beneath from throat to ihe wnt dull green. On tiieeeiitre of the back isabrusli of dark sap green feathers, rough and bristiv, and usuallysmeared with a viscid secretion. Rill blackish—legs and feet greenish Wack—iiides brownred. The female diffci^s anLy ill having thft torehead and crown black, dotted with t-i-lowirih wli.ite. Length under 6 Inches—^lng tjj—Tail 1 t^*—Tarsus vkiIi— Bill (at front) is^h.ta-Ti^^Cre.st long ; form peculiarly robust; feet large; ^vings long.. Plate XLI. ^ Miller kih- SCOPS TUNIA. Reeve t i.onaon ; imp ORD. RAPTORES. FAM. STRIGIDM. GEN. SCOPS. PLATE XLL SCOPS SUNIA. RED SCOPS OWL. Synon.—/5cops sunia—Hodgson, As. Res. xix. 174. Sc. pennaia H., apud Jerdon, 2d Suppl. Cat. When I referred this bird to S. pennata of Hodgson, I did so on the groundof the great similarity of one of the states of plumage of this beautiful little Owl toan imperfect specimen of pennata kindly lent me by Mr. Blyth. Mr. Gray of theBritish Museum now refers pennata to the European Scops Owl, S. xorca, though hepreviously placed it as distinct; and on again examining this species I recognise manypoints of distinction between the two birds, viz., sunia and xorca. Mr. Blyth hasobtained several specimens in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, all in the red state ofplumage, and naturally doubts any change taking place,

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1840
• bookidillustra
• booksubjectbirds