The Birds of Nyasaland: Being a Classified List of the Species Recorded for the Nyasaland Protectorate Up to the Year 1930, with Brief Descriptions and Field Notes, and a Map |
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abdomen African band barred bill bill black bird blackish Blantyre blue breast breeding season British Museum bush centre of abdomen chestnut Chilwa Chiromo Cholo Cisticola colour common crown dark brown darker Dedza dull egg measures eggs feathers feet female flocks Flycatcher forehead forest Fort Johnston glossy grass green grey grey-brown ground habits Hill insects iris Karonga Lake Chilwa Lake Nyasa levels light lighter Likangala Liwonde lower male mandible marked migrant Mlanje mottled Mzimba nape Ncheu neck nest Neum Nightjar Nyambadwe Nyasaland Nyika occur October outer pair pale Plateau plumage Port Herald pure white Rchw red-brown rest of underparts rufous rump seen Shiré Highlands Shrike sides of head South species specimens spots streaked stripe over eye Sunbird tail tail-feathers throat and chest tree Turacou Uganda underparts underparts white uniform upper tail-coverts usually whitish Whyte wing-coverts wings Wood yellow Zomba Zomba Plateau