340 TIMALIIDJ?. 



Key to Subspecies. 



A. Upper paits greenish, more or less 



iiitn-ked with black from crown to 



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



showing through as greenish .... y". tiphia ti/i/iirt, J breeding, 



B. Whole upper plumage from crown 



to rump black, bases showing [p. 342. 



through as bright yellow .4. t. zeylonica, <$ bretding, 



C. Upper parts mostly black but with 



a great deal of yellow showing 



through, especially on nape *iE. t. hwmei, c? breeding, p. 3<I2. 



D. Above rather dark yellowish green, [p. 341. 



tail black *. &. t . tiphia, d non-breeding, 



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



black /?. t. zeylonica, $ non-breeding, 



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



green ^E". t. humei, rf non-breeding, 



G. Above greenish yellow JE. t. tiphia, $ , p. 341. 



H. Above darker greenish JE. t. zeylonicu, $ , p. 342. 



I. Above very pale dull greenish 



yellow M.t. hwnei, $ , p. 342. 



./'. t. scapulsiris is the Javan form which is probably the same 

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

 Siam, Cochin China and further east are very richly coloured 

 and orange below, whilst those from Annam are again somewhat 

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



Fig. 64. Head of M. t. tiphia. 



(362) .ffigithina tiphia tiphia. 

 THE COMMON IOEA. 



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

 Mgithina tiphia. Blauf. & Gates, i, p. 230. 



Vernacular names. Shoubiga or SJwubiyi (Hind.); Patsv-jittn 

 (Tel.); Pachapora (Tarn.); Cha-tuk, Taphika, Fatickja-tonfik 

 (Beng.) ; Barsat-Sorni (Assamese) ; Daotisha gurrmo gadeba 

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

 >Shwe-pi-so (Burmese). 



Description. Male breeding. Lores, forehead, crown, back, 

 upper tail-coverts and tail black, the bases of the feathers yellow- 

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

 black with two wide bars of white, formed by the median coverts 

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



