2. SPflECOTHERES. 223 



I^!!: r^.^t"" ^'"^^'' '^'^'^''° becomes gradually clouded until the 

 throat and head are umform black; at the same time a shade of 

 maroon appears here and there, both on the upper and under sur- 

 is assume*? °'°'*' ^''^ "^''^^ developed till the full plumage 



Bab. Himalaya Mountains, extending into Assam, Arakan, and 

 ienassenm. 



«. Juv. sk. Daijiling (Je>- C. Bygi-ave Wharton, Esq. rP.l 



don). -1 I. J 



rrfil^' I T , S^'P^!- -B- H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c,d Ad., e~k Javsk. Nepal. B. H. Hod|son Esq. P. ]. 



o J»v "^- ^^' '^- S^'°"' ™- ^^''-^Pt- Stackhouse Pin^lp.]. 



f' Ad'l i^""*"""- : c Secretary of State for Indik [P.]. 



. AQ. 8K. Kumaou (Stra- Secretary of State for India | P. 1 



chey). '- •' 



2. SPHECOTHERES. 



Sphecothera, Vieill. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. xxxii. p. 5 ^^''' 



(loiy) *^ Q • • J- 



Picnorhamphus, Von RosenbyTijdschr.' XederL 'hli ' '^^ '^" 



XXIX. 



P-l'i3(1866) ■ S. flaviventris. 



iia/Ji^e. Australia, jSTew Guinea, Ke Islands, Timor. 



if 



Head of &phecothcrcs flavive7itri^, to show the bare face. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Outer tail-feather with external web white, as well 

 ^ as the terminal half or third of the inner web. 

 a'. Throat and fore neck grey, like the sides of the 

 neck. 

 a". Larger; wing 5-95; tarsus 1; middle of 



abdomen white maxillaris, p 224. 



b . Smaller; wmg 5-5o, tarsus 0-9; middle of 



abdomen yellow salvudoni p ^-^4 



. *n" 1^T^^ and fore neck yellow, like the breast" " .' ." Jlai'iventriJ^^hi 

 6. Outer tail-feathers shghtly tipped with white ; chin 



black ; throat and fore neck dull olivaceous .... viridis, p. 226. 



