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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

Genus ORE0CINCLA

Gould, P.Z.S., 1837, p. 145. Type, Oreocincla novae-hollandiae (=lunulata).

In the genus Oreocincla the sexes are alike; the under wing-coverts and axillaries are each of two colours, those on the axillaries being transposed or reversed on the under wing-coverts; the lower plumage is spotted or marked with straight or somewhat crescentic bars; the rictal bristles are few and confined to the gape. The tail is short and the under tail-coverts ample. There is a distinct colour-pattern in the underside of the wing.

The majority of the members of this genus are sedentary but aurea is migratory with resident geographical races.

The bill varies very greatly in size and shape, in some being small and shaped much as in Turdus, whilst in some, as in O. imbricata and O. nilgirienris, it is very long and heavy, very like the bill in the Thrushes of the genus Zoothera.

Key to Species.

A. Feathers of upper plumage boldly tipped with
crescentic black bars.
a. Tail of 12 feathers O. dauma, p. 158.
b. Tail of 14 feathers O. aurea, p. 161.
B. Feathers of upper plumage without dark tips.
c. Lower plumage with black crescentic tips . O. mollissima, p. 162.
d. Lower plumage with black fan-shaped spots. O. spiloptera, p. 165.

BookTitle: 
The Fauna Of British India, Including Ceylon And Burma-birds(second Edition)
Reference: 
Baker, EC S (1922–1930) The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Second edition. vol.2 1924.
Title in Book: 
Genus ORE0CINCLA
Book Author: 
Edward Charles Stuart Baker
Year: 
1924
Page No: 
157
Volume: 
Vol. 2
id: 
3136

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