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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

239. Pyctorhis altirostris scindicus

(239) Pyctorhis altirostris scindicus.

THE SIND BABBLER.

Pyctorhis altirostris scindicus Harington, Jour. B. N. H. S., xxiii, *p. 424 (1918) (Sukkur in Scind).

Vernacular names. Mullala (Sind).

Description. Differs from Jerdon's Babbler in having the upper plumage fulvous, chin and throat white, breast and remainder of lower plumage ochraceous.

Colours of soft parts as in P. a. altirostris.

Measurements. Wing 65 mm.; culmen 12 mm.

Distribution. Sind only.

Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded.

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.1 1922.
Title in Book: 
239. Pyctorhis altirostris scindicus
Book Author: 
Edward Charles Stuart Baker
CatNo: 
239
Year: 
1922
Page No: 
237
Common name: 
Sind Babbler
M_ID: 
25264
M_SN: 
Chrysomma altirostre scindicum
Volume: 
Vol. 1
id: 
2656

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