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NECTAErN-nC^. 



Localitv. 



cJ . Assam 



c? . Mouliuein . . . . 



cj . S. Tenasserim 



(J . Bhamo 



S . Rangoon ... 



(^(3). Kuniaon . . 



d (6). Nepal . . . 



Colour of najie. 



Red. 

 Red. 



Red. 



Brown. 

 Red. 



Brown. 



Brown. 



Colour 

 of abdomen. 



Cul- 



men. Wing. Tail. 



0-80 

 0-70 



Olive-grey. 

 Pale yellowish 



grey. 

 Grey & slightly I q.^q 



olive. I 



Olive-yellow. 

 Greyish olive. 

 Pale greyish I 



olive. ( 



Pale ashy grey. 



0-85 

 0-80 



2-2 



2-15 



2-00 



2-00 

 2-30 



2-35 



2-2 



2-6 



1-8 



1-5 



2-4 



3-2 

 2-35 



The two specimens from Bhamo and from Tenasserim have the 

 central tail-feathers remarkably short, of the same length as the 

 rest, and with a deep blue gloss, the green colour in position B 

 being restricted to the upper tail-coverts. 



lu the specimens from Rangoon the bases of the red feathers of 

 the fore neck are whitish yellow, in the other specimens blackish, or, 

 as in some, those of the upper throat white, whilst those of the chest 

 and lower throat are dusky. 



Adult female. Olive-green above, olive-yellow below ; wings and 

 tail brownish, the latter largely tipped with « hitish ; throat and 

 fore neck like rest of underparts, and not washed with red as stated 

 by Shelley. Length of \a ing iu the type specimen of ^. goalpari- 

 ensis 2 inches. 



Hab. From the N.W. Himalayas, through K'epal and Assam, to 

 Bnrmah and Tenasserim — the grey-bellied and browu-naped form 

 being found in jS^epal, the grey-bellied and red-naped one in 

 Burmah, the brown-uaped and olive-bellied one east- and westwards 

 from K^epal. 



Central, Grey Race {JE. miles tj'pica). 



India Museum. 



B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. (Types of ^. 



miles, Hodgs.) 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould Collection. 



a,b. c? ad. sk. 

 c, d. tS ad. sk. 



Nepal {B. H. Hod ff son). 



Nepal. 



e,f. d ad. ; ff. S 



imm. sk. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. 



i, k. Juv. sk. 



J. 2 ad. sk. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



b,c. (5 $ ad. sk. 



d. (J ad. sk. 



e. cj ad. sk. 



f. cJ ad. sk. 



Nepal. 

 Nepal. 

 Nepal. 

 Nepal. 

 Western, Olive Race {JE. goalpariensis) 



Deyi'a Boon {Dr. RoyJe). 



Himalayas {Griffith). 

 Kumaon {Strachey). 

 Himalayas. 

 N.W. Himalayas. 



India Museum. (Type 

 of A^. goaliim'iensis.) 

 India Museum. 

 India Museum. 

 Gould CoUectiou. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 

 wUl [P.]. 



