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Key to Snhsitecies. 



A. Upper paits gi'eeni:^li, more or less 



iiiHiked with black tVoiu ciown to 



rump, the bases of the feathers [p. 340. 



showing through as greenish .... yE. tiphki (if/n'a, J breeding, 



B. Whole upper plumage from crown 



to rump black, bases showing nnuliicolot [p- 342. 



through as bright yellow JE. t. '^te^onhu, S breiding, 



C. Upper parts mostly black but with 



a great deal of yellow showing 



througli, especially on nape JE. t. humei, (5 breeding, p. 312. 



1). Above rather dark yellowish green, [p. 341. 



tail black AH. t. tiphia, J non-breeding, 



E. Above a still darker shade, tail [p. 342. 



black AH. t. zcylonica, S non-breedinu", 



F. Above paler, more yellowish, tail [p. 343. 



greon . .^l.o^Ok . . . AH. t. humei, c5' non-breeding, 



[G. Above greenish yellow uE. t. fiphia, 2 , p. 341. ^'s o i'U,>4er (i" 



4 •/ on \ ?• ^^^^'^ darker greenish yE. t. zm^hmui, $ , p. 342. 



ia,,i i^re- u-^ Above very pale dull greenish ty,j''r,cr''r> 



I yellow . .' AH. t. humei, $ , p. 342. 



ylH. t. scapularift is tlie Javan form which is probably the same 

 as those from Sumatra, Borneo aud South Malaya. Birds from 

 Siam, Cochin China and further east are very richly coloured 

 and oranc;e below, whilst those from Annam are again somewhat 

 different, the females being very grey on the breast and flanks. 



Fig. 64.— Head of .K f. tiphia. 



(362) ^githina tiphia tiphia. 



TUE COMMOX lOEA. 



Motacilla tiphia Linn., S. N., p. 186 (1758) (Bengal). 

 ^^(jHhina tiphia. Blaiif. & Oates, i, p. 230. 



Vernacular names. Shoxihiga or Slwuhigi (Hind.) ; Patsu-jitfa 

 (Tel.); Fachapora (Tam.); Cha-tttk, Taphilca, Fatickja-tonfik 

 (Beng.); Barsat-Soivti (Assamese); Daotisha gtirrmo gadeba 

 (Cachari) ; Inga-rimia (Kacha Naga) ; Vohjong pong (Mikir); 

 tShive-pi-so (Burmese). 



Description. — Male hreeding. Lores, forehead, crown, back, 

 upper tail-coverls and iail black, the bases of the feathers yellow- 

 green and showing through on the back; rump green; wings 

 black with t\AO wide bars of white, formed by the median coverts 

 and tips of greater; edges of inner secondaries white; outer 



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