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SUTHORA FULVIFRONS. 



Fulvous-fronted Suthora. 



Temnornis fuhifrons, Hodgs. Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part XIII. p. 31. 



Suthora fuhifrom, Blyth, Cat. of Birds in Mus. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta, p. 102. 



On the accompanying Plate I have figured another of the rare and little-known birds of the rich district of 

 Nepaul, of which no specimens occur in the continental collections, rich as most of them are in Indian 

 productions. Elegant in all its proportions and cheerful in its colouring, this species has especial claims to 

 our notice, and it is very desirable that some information should be obtained as to its habits and economy. 

 The specimens in the British Museum collected by Mr. Hodgson offer but little difference, either in their 

 size or colouring ; and we have yet to be informed by persons resident in the country, whether any difference 

 occurs in the colouring of the sexes, and for the procuring of what peculiar kind of food the singularly 

 truncate bill of these birds is adapted. 



General plumage rusty red ; ear-coverts grey, below which the cheeks are whitish ; superciliary stripe 

 brown; primaries and apical half of the tail-feathers brownish black ; edges of the primaries, rump, upper 

 tail-coverts and base of the tail lively red ; bill vinous flesh with a dusky ridge ; breast sandy red, passing 

 into grey on the belly ; feet fleshy white. 



The figures are of the natural size, on the Ceropegioc pubescem. 



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