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Title: Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Jerdon, T. C. (Thomas Claverhill), 1811-1872 Kistnarajoo, C. V., lithographer R. E. B., lithographer Leonard, lithographer Miller, lithographer Linn, lithographer Hunt, Phineas R., 1816-1878, printer American Mission Press (Madras, India), printer Reeve Brothers, printer of plates
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Madras : Printed by P.R. Hunt, American Mission Press
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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, and the Copsychus macrourus appears known as the Shamaor Shahmour in Bengal. Description. Male- Of a dusky blue tint throughout, many of the feathersdusky-tipped. Wings and tail dusky brown. Female, of a greyish brown tinge above,beneath paler, mottled with whiteish, and under tail coverts barred with dusky. Bill andlegs black. Irides deep brown. Length 8 J to 9 inches. Extent 14, Wing 4r„ Tail 3 toSJ, Bill (at front) ^ ths.—Tarsus 1,^ th.—Weighs nearly 2 ounces. The P. Manillensis differs in the Male having the under parts from the breast, theaxillaries, and under wing covcrt6,bright ferruginous,and in the female ( T. eremita of Gmelin)being much paler beneath. The tail is perfectly squared. It is found in Lu^onia andChina, &c. P. affinis Blyth difi^crs from this last in having much less ferruginous, and in theshape of the tail, which has its outermost feathers nearly half an inch shorter than themiddle ones.In P. Pandoo the tail is intermediate in shape to these two. XXI
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leff.<r.Mr l/ci-nc^ia/j -«UX,A«f i^Zf^f C.lJXfJ.: ORB. RASORES. FAM. COLUMBID^. GEN. VINA GO. PLATE XXL VINA GO BICINCTA. PURPLE AND ORANGE BREASTED GREEN PIGEON Synon.— V. vernans Tar. Lesson. V. bicincta Jerdon, Catal. No. 289 and V. unicohr No. 289 bis.The group of green pigeons has long been separated from the other pigeonsby Cuvier and Vieillot, but I see that the name given by the latter author Treron hasbeen adopted by Gray and others, having been first published, though Cuvier alleges thathe first named many of these genera in the museum of the Jardin des plantes but hedid not publish them until the appearance of his Kegne animal, and that in the mean timeVieillot adopted the genera, and gave them names of his own. The group is a very natu-ral one and contains a number of species, several from continental India, many from theMalay countries, and some from Africa. They are distinguished by their green plumage,thick soft bills, flat broad soles, the emarginate quills, and

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