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X, p. 88 ; Davids., ihkl, p. 413 ; Taylor, ihid, p. 467 ; Gates, " Birds 

 of British Bunnah," II, p. 285 ; Barnes, " Birds of Bombay," p. 401) ; 

 Hume, " Sir. Featli.," XI, p. 346. 



Netl'ion crecca, Salvadori, Cat. " Birds of British Museum," XXVI I» 

 p. 243. 



Nettium crecca, Blanford, " Birds of British India," IV, p. 443. 



Description : Adult Male.- — *' A broad band from the back of the eye 

 down the nape and upper neck, metallic green, sometimes glossy blaok 

 posteriorly ; a narrow white line from the base of the maxilla rmming 

 upwards to over the eye and the green band, and another from the fore 

 corner of the eye running under the green band ; remainder of the head 

 and neck rich, rather dark chestnut ; the point of chin or whole chin and 

 edge of lores more or kss black ; lower neck, upper back, inner scapu- 

 lars, sides of vent and flanks vermiculatod dark brown and white ; the 

 vermioulation on the upper parts increasing in breadth towards the 

 breast, on the sides of which they become bold Idack and white bars and 

 in the middle of the breast merely round black centres to the feathers. 

 Remainder of back brown, sometimes slightly vermiculatod at the sides, 

 rump brown, the feathers edged paler ; up})er tail coveris rich brown, 

 edged buff' ; rectrices brown, edged paler ; lower surface white . 

 under tail coverts buff' at the sides, black in the centre ; greater coverts 

 broadly edged white or buffy-white ; remaiuder of coverts and 

 ijrimaries grey-brown ; outermost secondaries black, edged narrowly 

 white, the next three or four metallic green and the one next again 

 to them black with a very narrow white margin ; remaining innermost 

 secondaries a beautiful silvery brown, and the outermost bcai)ular.s 

 buff with broad velvety black diagonal edges. 



" In the adult tiie bill is black or blackish, brownish on rami of 

 lower mandible. 



" Irides are brown, varying in shade from light hazel to almost black. 



" The legs and feet are commonly grey with a faint olive tinge (^thc 

 webs and claws in all cases dusky), but they vary in shade a little and 

 ut times are bluish-grey with a brown shade, and at others a distinctly 

 dark slatey-grey, sepia grey, brown, greyish-brown, olive, greenish- 

 olive, dirty greenish-plumbeous, or even plumbeous." (Hume). 



I have found a green tinge on the tarsus and toes very eunnnou 

 indeed, more so than a pure grey or pUuubeoua. 



