70. INDIAN STONECHAT.
PRATINCOLA MAURA.
Pratincola maura (Pall.) Reis. Russ. Reichs. ii. p. 708, (1773) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 188 ; Oates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 61 ; P. indica, Blyth. J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 129 ; Gould B. of Asia. iv. pl. 34.
Male ad. Differs from P. rubicola in having the tail-coverts pure white unspotted, the under wing-coverts and axillaries much blacker and in being somewhat smaller in size. Culmen 0.52, wing 2.65, tail 1.97, tarsus 0.8 inch.
Hab. The extreme east of Europe ; and Asia as far east as Japan, north to the Yenesei valley, wintering throughout the Indian peninsula south to Mysore.
In general habits and nidification it does not differ from P. rubicola.
BookTitle:
A Manual Of Palaearctic Birds
Reference:
Dresser, Henry Eeles. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. Vol. 1. 1902.
Title in Book:
70. Pratincola maura
CatNo:
70
Year:
1902
Page No:
46
Common name:
Indian Stonechat
M_ID:
28390
M_CN:
Siberian Stonechat
M_SN:
Saxicola maurus
Volume:
Vol. 1
Term name:
id:
10405
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