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sides of head the same colour as the back, biit rather lighter ; sides 

 of breast similar but greyer; sides and flanks similar, but the 

 former yellower, the latter greener-; middle of abdomen, vent, and 

 lower tail-coverts duU pale yellow ; axillaries and wing-lining 

 white, the lining a little mottled with greyish browu ; a narrow 

 nearly white line from middle of gonys to gape ; lower mandible 

 above this and upper mandible blackish ; lower mandible below this 

 horny brown ; legs and feet black (these colours are taken from 

 the dry specimen, and may not be correct). Total length 3"5 

 inches, wing 2-55, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-5, bill from forehead 0-43. 

 {Hnme.) 



Hah. Nepal and Native Sikhim. 



a. S ad. sk. Nepal. Purchased. 



b. $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



10. PrionocMlus vincens. 



Prionochilus vincens, 8clater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 729 ; Holdsw. t. c. 



p. 483 ; Leffc/e, J. A. S. (Ceylon Branch) 1873, p. 13 ; Sclafer, Ibis, 



1874, p. 2, pi. 1. figs. 1, 2 ; Let/ffe, t. c. p. 23 ; HoMsio. t. c. p. 126 ; 



Hume, Sir. F. 1876, p. 493; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 90; Gould, B. 



Asia, pt. xxxi. (1879). 

 Pachyglossa vincens, Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 577, pi. 26. figs. 1, 2 



(1880). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy leaden black, the rump 

 greyer ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills black, edged with the 

 same glossy leaden blue as the back ; upper tail-coverts black, edged 

 with leaden grey ; tail-feathers black, all but the four centre ones 

 with a large terminal white spot, increasing in extent towards the 

 outermost ; lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks leaden black ; 

 throat and chest white, the sides of the chest leaden black ; breast 

 and remainder of under surface yellow, the lower flanks washed 

 with ashy olive ; thighs and under tail-coverts white, slightly washed 

 with yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, mottled with 

 black on the edge of the wing ; quills black, white along the margin 

 of the inner web : " bill black, lower mandible pale at the base ; 

 legs and feet blackish brown ; iris reddish " {Legge). Total length 

 3'8 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2'35, tail 14.5, tarsus 0"55. 



Adult female. Head and hind neck bluish ashy, changing into 

 the olivaceous brown of the back, which is overcome with dark 

 olivaceous green on the lower back and rump ; wings paler than in 

 the male ; coverts edged with olivaceous ; tail brownish black, the 

 terminal spots less deep and confined to the three outer pairs of 

 rectrices ; breast much less bright than in the male, with the flanks 

 cinereous ; bill somewhat lighter than that of the male ; iris not so 

 intense ; legs and feet slightly paler. Length 3*9 to 4*1 inches, 

 wing 2' 15 to 2'3. {Legge.) 



Young. Males of the year are very similar to adults ; the breast 

 not so yellow ; iris brown or red-brown. Females have the iris in 

 nestling plumage olive-brown, changing when older to reddish 



