JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Bombay Natural History Society, 



Mar. 1917. Vol. XXV. No. 1, 



Mroa:'xcx:. 



No. 5— THE INDEX NUMBER— OF VOL. XXIV 



has been delayed owing to the manuscript of the Index not 

 having arrived from England. It will he published and issued to 

 members as soon as possible and will also include a General Index 

 of Volumes XVIII to XXIV, inclusive. The previous General 

 Indexes were published as follows : — 



Vols. I to XIII, in No. 5, Vol. XIII. 



Vols. XIV to XVII. in No. 5, XVII. 



Editors, 



Journal, Bombay Natural History Society. 

 March 1917. 



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wattles or lappets either hanging from each side of the throat, as in 

 all three of the Indian species, or with a single one from the centre 

 of the throat as in the Simda Island bird, varius. The tail consists 

 of fourteen feathers in our three species and of sixteen in the last 

 mentioned bird. The wings are well rounded, the first primary 

 being shorter than the tenth and the fifth the longest. The central 

 tail feathers in the male are greatly lengthened, being from three 

 to four times the length of the outermost, the shafts are pliant 

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