. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . i///i^/y^yyyyf!^^^ Wing and nostril oi Hcterof/laiu- b/ewiUi (from a skin). Range. Central Provinces of India. 1. Heteroglaiix blewitti. Ileteroglaux blewitti, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 467 ; Ball, op. cit. ii. p. 382. Adult female. Above ashy brown, nearly uniform, excepting for a few half-concealed white bars on the hind neck and scapulars, rather more distinct on the latter, some of them being entirely white on the outer web; wing-coverts a little darker than the back, with a few spots of white, larger and more distinct on the greater and median s
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. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . i///i^/y^yyyyf!^^^ Wing and nostril oi Hcterof/laiu- b/ewiUi (from a skin). Range. Central Provinces of India. 1. Heteroglaiix blewitti. Ileteroglaux blewitti, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 467 ; Ball, op. cit. ii. p. 382. Adult female. Above ashy brown, nearly uniform, excepting for a few half-concealed white bars on the hind neck and scapulars, rather more distinct on the latter, some of them being entirely white on the outer web; wing-coverts a little darker than the back, with a few spots of white, larger and more distinct on the greater and median series, the bastard wing notched externally with white, and the primary-coverts also spotted with the same; quills dark brown, barred across with lighter brown, shading off" into white notches on the margins of both webs, very large on the inner, and producing a chequered appearance on the outer web ; upper tail-coverts a little darker than the back, and spotted with white ; tail dark brown, tipped with white, and crossed with four other bands of white be- sides ; frontal plumes, a broad eyebrow, and feathers round the eye white, the lores with blackish hair-like shafts ; the ear-coverts ashy brown, barred with whitish ; throat, fore neck, and cheeks white, with a tolerably broad bar of dark brown feathers across the lower throat; centre of the abdomen and leg-feathers pure white, the breast clouded ^vith grey, with more or less concealed white bars, the sides of the body distinctly barred with dark brown, the under taU-coverts white, with remains of brown bars near the tips; under. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London