5ia 



TIMKLIID.E. 



a,b. Ad.sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. sk. 

 f,f,. Ad. sk. 

 A, i, k. Ad. sk. 

 l,m,n. Ad. sk. 

 0, j^. cJ $ ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 



r,s. Ad. sk. 

 <. $ ad. sk. 



u, V. Ad. sk. 

 w,.v. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 

 z. Ad. sk. 

 «'. Ad. sk. 



N.W. India. 



Sursai, Kattiawar, May 



6, 1871. 

 Meerut, Jan. 1880. 

 Uelira Doon (G. King). 

 Nepal. 



Nepal (Hodffson). 

 Behar. 



Dacca (Ti/tler). 

 Bengal (As. Sue). 

 Maunbhoora, Dec. 19, 



1874 (R. C. Beumn). 

 Kamptee, C. India. 

 Kliaudeisli. 

 Mahabaleshwur hills. 

 Pegu, Feb. 24, 1881. 

 Wau, near Pegu, April 



8, 1877. 



Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



fpj. 

 Major Hajes Lloj'd [P.]. 



Major .John Biddiilph. 



Dr. J. Scullv [P.]. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



India Museum. 



Gould Collection. 



Dr. B. Hinde [P.], 

 India Museum. 

 Col. Sturt [C.]. 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. 



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2. Pyctorhis nasalis. 



Chrysomma .sinensis (non Gin.), Kelaaii S^- Layard, Prodi:, -^PP- P- 58 



(18.5.3) ; Layard, Ann. ^- May. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 27-2 (18o.3). 

 Pyctorbis sinensis {non Gm.), Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 448 ; Legge, 



Ibis, 1875, p. 290. 

 Pyctorhis nasalis, Legr/e, Ann. S,- Mar/. Nnt. Hist. (5) iii. p. 169 



(1879); id. B. of t'eylun, p. 512 (1879); Hume, St r. F. 1879, 



p. 95. 



Adult. Very similar to P. sinensis, but distinguished at once by 

 its black nostrils. Smaller differences are also seen in the less 

 amount of rufous on the wing in Ceylonese birds. " Loral skin, 

 perceptible through the feathers, greenish yellow ; bill and nostril 

 black ; legs and feet dull yellow, extremities of toes dusky ; claws 

 dusky horn-colour ; eyelid chrome-yellow ; iris golden yellow " ( V. 

 Legge). Total length G-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-G.5, tail 3-3, 

 tarsus 1-05. 



The adult female resembles the male in colour. Some examples, 

 probably immature birds, are more deeply tinged on the lower parts 

 than others, and some have a brownish spot immediately below the 

 gape. ( V. Legge.) 



Hah. Peculiar to Ceylon, where it is generally distributed, being, 

 however, somewhat local, and commoner in the southern parts. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



Ceylon. 

 Nuwara Elliya. 



E. L. Lavard, Esq. [C.l. 

 Mr. C. Boate [C.]. 



3. Pyctorhis altirostris. 



Chrvsomma altirostre, Jerd. Ihis, 1862, p. 22 ; Godivin-Atisteti, Ann. 

 si Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xvii. p. 34 (1870) ; Hume, Str. F. 1876_, 

 p. 505. 



