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of the inner web ; " bill black ; legs and feet horny black ; iria 

 brown " (Davison). Total length 3-3 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1-9, 

 tail 0-9, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage (from nest). Different from the 

 male. General colour above olive, becoming lighter and more yellow 

 on the lower back, and deepening into orange on the rump ; head 

 and hind neck dull lead-colour, olive on the forehead; wing-coverts 

 and quills leaden brown, narrowly edged with olive, the primaries 

 fringed with slaty grey ; upper tail-coverts dull olive ; tail-feathers 

 black, with narrow olive margins ; lores and sides of face dull ashy, 

 washed with olive ; throat and chest ashy, the former washed with 

 olive ; remainder of under surface of body bright yellow, including 

 the under tail-coverts, the centre of the breast deepening into orange ; 

 sides of body and flanks olive-greenish ; axillarics and under wing- 

 coverts white ; quills dusky brown below, white along the edge of 

 the inner web ; " upper mandible from tip to nostril and lip of lower 

 mandible blackish horny ; base of upper mandible reddish brown ; 

 lower mandible, except the tip and gape, pale orange-brown to 

 orange-vermilion ; legs, feet, and claws greenish to dark plumbeous ; 

 iris grey to dark brown " ( W. Davison). Total length 3 inches, wing 

 1-8, tail 0-9, tarsus 055. 



Youn'i male. Like tho adult female, but distinguished bj'' its 

 yellowish-white bill, with a brown tip to both mandibles. The 

 whole upper surface is olive- greenish, olive-yellow on the rump; 

 underneath also the whole colour is olive-yellowish, brighter on the 

 abdomen. 



Hah. From hills of X.E. Bengal, through Burmah and Tenasserim, 

 down the ITalayan peninsula to Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. Stated 

 by me to have occurred in Prof. Steere's collection from the island 

 of Negros. This identification has been questioned by Lord Tweed- 

 dale, but I do not think I could have been mistaken. 



a. $ ad. sk. Pegu, Aug. 27. E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.]. 



h. $ ad. sk. Tavoy {Briggs). Gould Collection. 



c, d. (S ad. ; e. $ Tenasserim (Heifer). India Museum. 



ad. ; /. Juv. sk. 



^,^. cT ad. et juv. Malacca. A. R. "Wallace, Esq.[C.]. 



sk. 



i, k, I, m. S] )i, 0. Malacca (Cantor). India Museum. 



2 ad. sk. 



p. (5' juv. sk. Malacca (CVoitor). India Museum. 



q, r. 5 ad. sk. Penang ( Cantor). India Museum. 



s,t. $ ad.; u. S W. Java (£. C.Buxton). F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.], 



juv. sk. 



V. (S ad. sk. Batoc Islands, Sept. 18-57 Gould Collection. 



(Mus. Litgd.). 



w. c? ad. sk. Sumatra. A.R. \Vallace,Esq.[C.'l. 



x,y. cJad. ; =. $ Labuan (Zoif). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



ad. sk. 



a'.h'. d" 5 ad.sk. Lawas Pviver,X.W. Borneo Harry VeitcL,Esq.[P.]. 

 (F. W.Burbidge). 



