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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

275. Suthora conspicillata

275. SPECTACLED SUTHORA.
SUTHORA CONSPICILLATA.
Suthora conspicillata, David. Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Bull. vii. p. 14 (1871) ; id. and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 211, pl. 65 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 489 ; Berezovski and Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-su. p. 66.
ad. Differs from S. webbiana in having the upper part of the head and neck chestnut-brown, a ring of white feathers round the eye, and the back wing-coverts and rump olivaceous ; throat with a few brown streaks ; bill yellow ; legs brown ; iris brown. Culmen 0.15, wing 2.35, tail 3.15, tarsus 0.9 inch.
Hab. Southern Kan-su, the borders of Koko-nor, Shen-si, and South Tsinling in China.
Inhabits mountainous districts, and is said not to differ from its congeners in habits. Nothing appears to be known re¬specting its nidification.

BookTitle: 
A Manual Of Palaearctic Birds
Reference: 
Dresser, Henry Eeles. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. Vol. 1. 1902.
Title in Book: 
275. Suthora conspicillata
Book Author: 
H. E. Dresser
CatNo: 
275
Year: 
1902
Page No: 
185
Common name: 
Spectacled Suthora
M_ID: 
25286
M_CN: 
Spectacled Parrotbill
M_SN: 
Sinosuthora conspicillata
Volume: 
Vol. 1
id: 
10847

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