Genus MELANOCORYPHA.
Melanocorypha Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 322. Type, Melanocorypha calandra Linn.
In Melanocorypha the bill is thick and gently curved and the nostrils are covered by plumelets ; the wing is very long and has ten primaries of which the first is very minute; the hind claw is long and straight. The sexes are alike.
Key to Species.
A. Wing over 140 mm.; first primary white on outer web …………….M. maxima, p. 311.
B, Wing under 130 mm.; first primary brown on outer web, narrowly edged fulvous…………….M. bimaculata, p. 312.
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.3 1926.
Title in Book:
Genus MELANOCORYPHA
Year:
1926
Page No:
311
M_ID:
21595
M_SN:
Melanocorypha
Volume:
Vol. 3
Term name:
id:
4074
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