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Bluethroat |
Luscinia
svecica |
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Possible
regional races (polytypic)
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-L. s. pallidogularis |
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-L. s. abotti |
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-L. s. svecica |
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Very
abundant in the grass plains west of the canal. It comes out habitually
into burnt-up open patches to feed. It is silent. It has the habit of
running with great speed about ten feet at a time, then stopping suddenly,
elevating and jerking its tail a good deal when stopping still. It is
by no means shy.
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blue of the throat and breast is very pale, but the buff patch is large
and bright. It is in this specimen nearly surrounded by a broad black
line, which takes the form of a triangle, the base of which is the pectoral
band and the apex on the gullet where, however, the two sides do not
quite meet. The pectoral band is comparatively narrow, and there is
hardly a trace of rufous below it. It measured: - Length, 15; expanse,
22; tail, 5; wing, 6; bill from gape, 2; tarsus, 3; the ovaries were
still small. In this bird the iris was dark brown; the eyelids, plumbeous;
the bill, black; the gape and inside of the mouth, yellow; the claws,
dark brown; and while in the female legs were dark purplish black, in
the male they were dusky flesh-colour.
Oates,
Eugene W. 1875. Notes On Some Burmese Birds. Stray Feathers III: 335-350.
Original measurements in Inches have been changed to cms.: Ed. |
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