 | East India Company. Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield - 1858 - 816 páginas
...Commander Jones. def Drawings. King of Tanjore's. From J. Torin, Esq. " The Shaheen appears to be spread throughout the whole of India, from the Himalayas to the extreme south of the Peninsula. It is far from being a common bird. It is, however, well known to the native falconers, who have from time... | |
 | Thomas Claverhill Jerdon - 1862 - 610 páginas
...boardship in NL 6° between Ceylon and Sumatra, about 70 miles from the Nicobar Islands. The Shahin Falcon is found throughout the whole of India from the Himalayas to the extreme South, extending into Affghanistan and Western Asia. It is, however, far from being a common bird. Its habitual... | |
 | 1863 - 580 páginas
...style I select the following detached and isolated passages : — Falco peregrinalor. — "The shahin falcon is found throughout the whole of India from the Himalayas to the extreme South, extending into Afghanistan and Western Asia. It is, however, far from being a common bird. Its habitual... | |
 | Thomas Claverhill Jerdon - 1863 - 456 páginas
...Length 4£ inches; wing 2^; tail 1-^ ; bill at front T7ff ; tarsus f ; extent 6£. This bird is spread throughout the whole of India, from the Himalayas to the extreme south, and extends to Assam, Arrakan, Tcnasserim and Ceylon. Towards the south it is somewhat rare, and only... | |
 | 1887 - 690 páginas
...inches. Weight lib. The young female "differed from the male in having the chin, throat and cheeks white, in the rufous edgings to the feathers being...specimen during his eight years' residence in the Island. TINNUNCULTTS ALAUDAKID8, Brisson. The Kestrel Falcon. Syn. Falco alaudarius, Brisson. Falco Tinnunculus,... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Ceylon Branch, Colombo - 1887 - 600 páginas
...more of a bluish tinge, and the edgings and barrings disappear ; with further moultings, the shade cf the plumage above becomes still lighter, and of a...eight years' residence in the Island. TINNUNCULUS ALAUDAKIUS, Srisson. The Kestrel Falcon. Syn. Falco alaudarius, Bri&son. Falco Tinnunculus, Linn. Falco... | |
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... plumage generally being of a darker hue." " After the first moult, the markings of the lower surface disappear, except a few on the lower part of the abdomen and leg feathers, the plumage above becomes more of a bluish tinge, and the edgings and barrings... 