AVIS-IBIS

Birds of Indian Subcontinent

365. Aegithina viridissima viridissima

(365) Aegithina viridissima viridissima (Bonap.).
THE MALAYAN GREEN IORA.
AEgithina viridissima, Fauna B. I., Birds, 2nd ed. vol. i, p. 343.
Within our limits the Green Iora is only found in Tenasserim, whilst outside it extends down peninsular Siam, the Malay States to Sumatra.
I know nothing about the nesting of this Little Iora beyond the fact that Kellow found it breeding near Perak, in the Federated Malay States, in May. A nest and two eggs given to me are exactly like those of Aegithina tiphia. The nest is a beautiful little cup made of fine shreds of grass and what looks like jute-fibre, all most strongly and compactly wound together and plastered all over with cobwebs. The lining is of the finest grass-stems.
The measurements are : outside diameter 2 inches, depth 1.1/2 inch ; inside about 1.3/4 x 1.1/4 inch.
It was placed in a small vertical fork of a small tree in a glade in evergreen jungle, and was taken on the 25th May.
The two eggs measure 18.0 x 14.0 and 17.6 x 13.8 mm.

BookTitle: 
The Nidification Of Birds Of The Indian Empire
Reference: 
Baker, Edward Charles Stuart. The nidification of birds of the Indian Empire. Vol. 1. 1932.
Title in Book: 
365. Aegithina viridissima viridissima
Spp Author: 
Stuart
Book Author: 
Edward Charles Stuart Baker
CatNo: 
365
Year: 
1932
Page No: 
320
Common name: 
Malayan Green Iora
M_ID: 
18372
M_SN: 
Aegithina viridissima viridissima
Volume: 
Vol. 1
id: 
13555

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