13. PRIONOCHILUS. 73 



brown ; bill with the base of lower mandible yellowish fleshy ; 

 above dull greenish brown, changing to dull brown on the sides of 

 the neck and face, the white of the chin and throat confined to the 

 centre ; sides of chest cinereous ; under surface washed with yellow. 

 {Legge.) 



Hah, Ceylon. 



a. c? ad. sk. S. Ceylon, .Tune, 1872 Gould Collection. 



{W. V. Leqge). 



b. S ad. sk. Ceylon (Tkwaites). H. Cuming, Esq. 



11. Prionochilus squalidus. 



Pipra sqiialida., Burton, P. Z. S. 18.36, p. 11.3. 



Fringilla agilis, Tickell, J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 578 (1838). 



Parisoma ? vireoides, Jei-d. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 8 (1840). 



Piprisoma agile, Bhit.h, J. A. S. Beyig. xiii. p. 395 (1844) ; id. Cat. B. 

 Mus. As. Soc. p. 228 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 335 (1850); Laijard, 

 Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 262 (1853) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 376 

 (1862); Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 416; Bh/ih, Ibis, 1866, p. 365; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 430, pi. x. ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 18 ; Holdsiv. 

 P. Z. S. 1872, p. 434 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 158 

 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1873, p. 434; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 397, vol. ii. 

 p. 209 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 579 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, 

 p. 90; Scullg, t.c. p. 26; Salvin, Cat. StricM. Coll. p. 171 (1882); 

 Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 338 (1883). 



Dicaeum agile, Gh-ai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 116, no. 1438 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above uniform ashy brown, with a 

 slight olive tinge on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts 

 uniform brown like the back ; quills brown, externally edged with 

 olive ; tail-feathers dark brown, with a bar of white at the end of 

 the two outer feathers ; lores whitish ; sides of face and ear- coverts 

 ashy brown like the head ; cheeks and under surface of body greyish 

 white, with a faint tiugo of yellowish ; a slight indication of a 

 dusky malar line ; fore neck and breast also with indistinct dusky 

 stripes ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs washed with ashy brown ; 

 under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white,' 

 the latter slightly tinged with yellow ; quills dusky below, ashy 

 whitish along the inner web: "bill plumbeous brown; lower 

 mandible bluish ; legs and feet plumbeous ; iris orange, with an 

 inner golden circle " (Legge). Total length 3-4 inches, culmen 0-35, 

 wing 2-4, tail 1-25, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 3-7 

 inches, cidmen 0-35, wing 2-4, tail 1-25, tarsus 0-55. 



Young male. Iris diflering from that of the adult, yellowish 

 brown, darkest near the pupil, and without the bright " thread " or 

 circle round it ; bill brownish horny, tip of upper mandible black, 

 lower mandible paler ; legs and feet dark leaden. ("Parker in cpist.," 

 Legge.) 



Hah. Ceylon and the whole of India up to the Himalayas, occur- 

 ing in the North-western portion of tho range, and in Nepal, 

 extending into Tenasserim. 



