72 CAMPOPHAGID.'E. 



Adult male. Upper surface of a glossy blafk colour ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts fierj' vermilion ; scapulars, wing- 

 covcrts, and primary- coverts black, the greater series vermilion, the 

 inner ones black, vermilion on outer web ; quills black, fiery vermi- 

 lion for the basal half and black at extreme base, -the three inner- 

 most secondaries with a bright vermilion spot near the apex of the 

 outer web ; tail fiery veimilion, the extreme bases of the feathers 

 black, the two centre feathers also black, but inclining to vermilion 

 towards the tip of the outer web, but this red colour oftcii broken 

 with black markings ; sides of face and entire throat glossy black 

 like the head ; rest of under surface fiery vermilion, including the 

 under wing-coverts, which have, however, very broad black bases ; 

 thighs black ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. Total length 

 7 5 inches, culmen U"65, wing 3'95, tail 4'1, tarsus 0'7. 



Adult female. Above grey, the lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts yellow ; forehead, sides of face, and under surface of body 

 bright yellow, iuciuding the under wing-coverts ; wings black, the 

 least coverts greyer, washed with yellow, the greater sei'ies black, 

 broadly tipped with bright yellow ; quills black, the basal part bright 

 yellow of all but the two outermost primaries and innermost secon- 

 daries, four of which have a spot of j'ellow near the tip of the outer 

 web, the extreme bases of all the feathers black ; tail black, with 

 broad yellow tip, increasing towards the outermost feather, the two 

 centre feathers blackish, slightly marked with yellow at the tip of 

 the outer web. Total length 8 inches, culmen O'T, wing 3*9, tail 

 4-0, tarsus 0'7. 



Younrj. Coloured like the old female, but more ashy, and most of 

 the feathers margined with yellow ; underneath yellow. Parti- 

 coloured specimens of the young male are in the collection, with 

 the full plumage in process of assumption bj' a moult. 



Hah. Himalayas, westwards as far as the valley of the Yonse, 

 eastwards to Western Bhotan ; in the cold season to the plains of 

 Tipperah, and in Midnapore, Chota Nagpore, the Tributary Mehals, 

 the northern portion of the Ganjam district, and Sumbawhulpoor, the 

 most eastern of the Central Provinces districts {Hume) ; Burmese 

 HiUs; China. 



a, h. 6 2 ad. sk. India. .T. T. Jerdon [P.]. 



c. iS ad. .sk. Moalmaza. 



d, e. (J 2 ad. sk. N.W. Himalaya.s. Capt. Stackhouse PinwiU 



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/, g. c? 2 ad. St. Nepal. B. PI. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



'h,'i. S ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



k, I, 7n. $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



«, o. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. P.^ 



p. Imm. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P." 



q. (S ad. sk. Ponsee, Kakhyen Hills, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



March 14, l8G8. 



r. $ ad. sk. Bhamo, Upper Burmah, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



Jan. 28, 1868. 



