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of the under surface ; under wing-coverts bright j'ellow, the lower 

 ones whitish, like the inner edging of the quills, which are brown 

 below ; wings above brown, the least series of coverts uniform with 

 the back, the greater coverts and the quills edged with olive-green, 

 the primaries with brighter and slightly more yellowish green ; tail 

 brown, all the feathers margined with olive-green ; no subterminal 

 bar, and only a faint trace of a narrow little whitish spot near the 

 tip of some of the outer feathers ; bill (in skin) dark horn-brown, 

 with a slightly paler shade at base of lower mandible ; feet pale 

 brown in skin. Total length 4'7 inches, culmen 0"7, wing 1'85, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-75. 



Hab. Java and Sumatra. 



a. S ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Java. M. Verreaux. 



2. Phyllergates coronatus. 



Orthotomus coronatus, Jenl. 4'- Bh/tJi, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 200 ; Jerd. B. 

 Ind. ii. p. 168 (1863) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 195, no. 2688 (1869) ; 

 Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxviii. p. 107 (1870) ; Hume, Nests 8f 

 Eggs Ind. B. p. 334 (1873) ; Wcdden in Blgth's B. Burm. p. 121 

 (1875) ; Shurpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 115 ; Hume and Davison, Sir. F. 

 1878, vol. vi. p. 346; Hume,8tr. F. 1879, p. 101. 



Adult. General colour above olive-green, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts bright yellow ; forehead and fore part of crown bright 

 orange ; the nape greenish, the hind neck and sides of neck grey ; 

 round the eye a tiny ring of yellow feathers, and above the eye a 

 narrow and nearly concealed streak of bright yellow, forming an 

 eyebrow ; lores and sides of face grey, the ear-coverts whitish on their 

 lower margin, the cheeks, throat, and fore neck silvery white ; rest 

 of under surface bright yellow, including the thighs and under tail- 

 and wing-coverts, the lower series of the latter whitish, like the 

 inner edging of the quills, which are brown below ; wings above 

 brown, the coverts and quills all narrowly edged with the same 

 green as the back ; tail dark brown, the feathers narrowly edged 

 with olive-green, the outermost feather white along the entire inner 

 web, the penultimate white also for the greater part of its extent ; 

 " bin above dark horny, the basal half of lower mandible yellowish ; 

 legs brownish white ; iris brown'' (R. G. War dlaw Ramsay); "upper 

 mandible, tip and edges of lower mandible along commissure black, 

 rest of bill yellowish fleshy ; legs and feet yellowish fleshy ; iris 

 brown" (Davison). Total length 4 inches, ciilmen 0-6, wing 1-9, 

 tail 1-8, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, where it occurs in the warmer valleys 

 and plains below Darjiling, and in Nepal. Further east it is found 

 on the hills of North Cachar and the Tsankoo hills in Burmah at 

 an elevation of 3000 feet. It also extends into the Tenasserim hills. 



