Title: Birds
Identifier: cu31924000100325 (find matches)
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Taylor and Francis
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Fig. 158.—Head of A. coronatus. Many birds of this species are met with having the lores and a portion of the cheeks black. These, according to Sliarpe, are females. T find, however, that birds exhibiting this character have also black streaks on the throat and crown, and the conclusion I draw is that these birds are immature and in a state of transition from the plumage of the young to that of the adult. Distribution. Cachar; Manipur; Toungngoo ; Lower Pegu ; Tenasserim- from Moulmein to Tavoy. This species extends into Cochin China. Habits, dfc. Davison found the nest of this bird containing three young near Tavoy in April in a deep hole of a tree. Genus TEMENUCHUS, Cabanis, 1851. With the genus TemeniicJms we come to a group of Mynas with blunt wings and of more terrestrial habits than the preceding birds.
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Fig. 159.—Head of T. paffodanm. This genus contains one Myna which is a familiar bird all over India. It is characterized by a very long crest; the bill is about half the length of the head, with the culmen curved; the nasal membrane is plumed and there is no nude skin on the

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