74 dic^iDjE 



a,h. [c?]; c. $ N.W.Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pin will 



ad. sk. [P.]. 



<;. 2ad.sk. Darjiling, Jan. 15 (TT. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. Brooks). 



e. (S ad. sk. Maunblioom, Mar. 1864 Gould Collection. 



{Beavmi). 



f. Ad. sk. India. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 >. Ad. sk. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.J. 

 /(. 2 iid. sk. Jhansi, Bundelkund, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Jan. 10 {G. F. L. 

 Marshall). 

 i. Ad. sk. Bangalore ((?. F. L. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Marshall). 



12. Prionochilus modestus. 



Prionochilus modestus, Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 298 ; id. Sf Davison, 

 Sir. F. 1878, p. 200; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 56, 90; Oates, B. 

 Brit. Burm. i. p. 340 (188.3). 



Adult male. General colour above dull olive-greenish, clearer olive 

 on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like 

 the back ; the bastard--sving, primary-coverts, and quiUs dusky brown, 

 edged with yellowish olive ; tail-feathers blackish brown, edged with 

 olive, the four outer feathers marked with white at the tip of the 

 inner web, increasing in extent towards the outermost, where it 

 forms a large spot ; head like the back ; sides of face and ear-coverts 

 paler olive-greenish, the lores more ashy; sides of neck ashy olive; 

 cheeks ashy white, separated from the throat by a malar line of 

 dusky brown ; throat and under sui'face of body white, washed with 

 ashy on the fore neck and breast, which have broad and distinct 

 dusky streaks of ashy brown ; sides of body and flanks pale ashy 

 brown washed with olive ; under tail-coverts white, washed with 

 pale yellow, and having dusky centres to the feathers ; under wing- 

 coverts and axiUaries ashy white, washed with pale olive-yellow ; 

 quills dusky brown below, ashy along the edge of the inner web : 

 " irides varying from pale to yellowish red and orange ; the legs, 

 feet, and claws dark plumbeous ; the upper mandible varj-ing from 

 pale horny brown to horny black ; the lower mandible varying as 

 follows : — in some fleshy white tipped brownish, in others light 

 plumbeous or blue, while in one or two specimens shot later in the 

 spring the lower mandible as well as the gape was orange " (Davison). 

 Total length 3-9 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-35, tail 1-25, tarsus 

 0-45. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 

 4 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-35, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-5. 



Hab. Tenasserim, ranging into Pegu. 



a. S;b,c. $ ad. sk. Pegu, Jan. 27. E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.]. 



. S ad. sk. Malewoon, S. Tenasserim. E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.J- 



