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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
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sky beneath. Irides pale yellow. Legs and feet plumbeous. Length 15 to 16 inches.Wing 5; to 6, Tail 8 J to 9. The Female differs in having a dusky black bill, and in the plumage generallybeing more tinged with green. The other Indian species of Palsornis are, 1st P. Alexandri, Race Totah H. Rarein Southern India—Common in Ceylon—I obtained a specimen in Travancore which wasstruck by a Shaheen f Falco ShaheenJ and was dropped on my firing at it. I also found itbreeding in the hole of a large tree in the north of the Deccan. 2d P. Torquatus, LyberTotah H. Abundant over all India, feeding not only on fruit, but also very destructive tograin. 3d P. cijanocephalus L., P. bengalensis, erythrocephalus, and gingianus Auct. TooeeahTotah H. An inhabitant of all the jungly districts of India, and also found about wellwooded towns. It visits the open country in large flocks from .July to September. Otherspecies found in the Himalayas are P. schistaceus, Hodgson, and P. ponticerianus Auct. XIX
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