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The Birds of India Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to Inhabit Continental India; With Descriptions of the Species, Genera, Families, Tr
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1862 Excerpt: ... It makes its nest in a slight hole in a bank, and the eggs arc white with small reddish spots. A nearly allied species occurs in Java, E. indigo, Horsf. A nearly allied form to this is Muse. cyanomelana of Temminck, from Japan, of which Blyth makes his genus Cyanoptila; but it more resembles some of the Muscicapulce in its coloring. Gen Cyornis, Blyth. Syn. Synornis, Hodgs. Char.--Bill feeble, somewhat lengthened, not very wide at the base, tapering, suddenly narrowing and well hooked at the tip; rictal bristles moderate, feeble; nareal bristles rather long; wings moderate, 3rd quill a little shorter, 4th and 5th quills sub-equal and longest; tail moderate, nearly even; tarsus moderate, slender; lateral toes nearly equal, middle toe long. This genus was proposed by Mr. Blyth, J. A. S., XII., 940, for a very natural group of Flycatchers, peculiar to India and Malayana, most of which are blue above, with a rufous breast, and the females differ in being brown above. I shall commence this group by one whose colors closely resemble those of Eumyias, and which perhaps ought strictly to form a section in that genus. 303. Cyornis unicolor, Blyth. J. A. S., XII., 1007--Blyth, Cat. 1016. The Pale Blue Flycatcher. Descr.--Above light blue, approaching to verditer; forehead, over the eye, and shoulder of the wing, pale smalt-blue; beneath paler blue, inclining to albescent below the breast; axillaries light rufescent, with a tinge of the same on the lower tail-coverts. Bill and legs black. Length 6f inches; wing 3; tail 3; bill at front 13 mill.; tarsus . This bird, though it has much the bill of a Cyornis, has tho tarsus shorter. It has a great resemblance in its colors to Eumyias melanops, and has only as yet been procured in Sikhim. I did not myself obtain it, ...
Book Details
- Publisher: General Books
- Publish Date: Feb 8th, 2012
- Pages: 194
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.69in - 7.44in - 0.41in - 0.78lb
- EAN: 9781151192622