 I have seen it, though rarely," he adds, " below the ghats, also in thick forest jungle. It hunts, in general, in small parties of five or six ; is very active and restless, creeping round the horizontal branches chiefly, and seeming to prefer the under...  A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company - Page 723by East India Company. Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield - 1858Full view - About this book
 | English periodicals - 1884 - 530 pages
...abundance in the dense woods of the Nilgiris. I have seen it, though rarely," he adds, " below the ghats, also in thick forest jungle. It hunts, in general,...horizontal branches chiefly, and seeming to prefer the under surface of the boughs, and also running downwards. It feeds on various small insects, which it... | |
 | 1840 - 474 pages
...WO.—D.fronlalis.—Sittafrontalis, Sw., Zool. Ill.-J. ce/ate, Temm. p- C.— Velvet-frothed blue Nuthatch. This lovely little Creeper is found in great abundance...in the dense woods of the Neilgherries. I have seen if, though rarely, below the ghauts, also in thick forest jungle. It hunts, in general, in small parties... | |
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