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PARADOXORNITHIDÆ.
B. |
Supercilium obsolete or entirely absent.
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d. |
Crown and upper plumage orange-brown.
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c'. |
Ear-coverts slaty grey, breast fulvous
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S. p. feæ, p. 111. |
d'. |
Ear-coverts brown, breast orange-fulvous
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S. gularis craddocki, p. 111. |
e. |
Crown chestnut-brown, back olive-brown
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S. webbiana brunnea, p. 112. |
f. |
Centre of crown fulvous, back olive-yellow
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S. fulvifrons, p. 113. |
g. |
Crown bright chestnut, back rufous-brown.
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e'. |
No supercilium at all
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S. ruficeps ruficeps, p. 114. |
f'. |
A short black supercilium directly over eye
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S. r. atrisuperciliaris, p. 114. |
(92) Suthora unicolor.
The Brown Suthora.
- Heteromorpha unicolor Hodgs., Ind. Rev., ii, p. 32 (1838) (Nepal).
- Suthora unicolor. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 64.
Vernacular names. Lho-ramnio-pho (Lepcha).
Description. Forehead and crest brown tinged with rufous: lores and supercilia reaching to the nape black; chin and sides of
the head vinous brown; throat and sides of the neck greyish brown; upper plumage oUve-brown, strongly tinged with rufous on the tail and visible portions of wings; breast and lower plumage dull fulvous.
Colours of soft parts. Iris hoary grey to brown (? juv.); bill fleshy yellow to orange-yellow; legs and feet pale slaty tinged with grey or green.
Measurements. Total length about 200mm.; wing 80 to 85 mm.; tail about 102 to 107 mm.; culmen 10 mm.; tarsus about 30mm.