4. GECINL'S. 65 



Chrjsophlegma puniceum, Sahacl. Ann. Mus. Civ. Star. Nat. Genuva, 

 ser. 2, iv. pp. 519, 529 (1887J. 



Adult nude. Above j-ellowish olive, the feathers of the rump 

 broadly tipped with lemon-yellow ; wiug- coverts, outer webs of 

 primaries at the base, and the entire outer webs of the secondaries 

 carmine-red, the remaining part of the quills blackish brown, the 

 inner webs spotted with white on the margin, the spots on the pri- 

 maries confined to the base and sometimes confluent ; shafts black ; 

 tail and shafts black ; nasal plumes black ; the whole of the top of 

 the head, occipital crest, and malar stripe crimson ; nuchal crest 

 yellow ; a black stripe in front of the eye ; chin and throat greenish 

 buft'; face, sides of the neck, the fore neck, and the whole of the 

 under surface of the body, and under tail- coverts green : the sides of 

 the body, flanks, and thighs spotted more or less transversely with 

 yellow or yellowish white, with partially concealed dusky black and 

 white bars ; the under tail-coverts slightly spotted with white ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries dusky brown, spotted and barred 

 with yellowish white ; " iris crimson ; orbital skin greenish grey ; 

 lower mandible and edges of upper mandible at gape dark greenish 

 yellow ; upper mandible black ; legs and feet pale green, claws 

 greenish hornj' " ( W. Davison). Total length 10"75 inches, culmen 

 1"35, wing 5"1, tail 3"5, tarsus 0-87 ; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0-7, outer posterior 0-62, inner anterior 0'55, inner pos- 

 terior 0-27. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but wants the red malar 

 patch. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-15, wing o*25, tail 3'65, 

 tarsus 0"9. 



Young. The sexes differ as in the adult ; the colour of the plumage 

 is duller, and the underparts are less green, the chin and throat 

 being of a drab-brown and the breast more or less crossed by pale 

 brown and dusky lines. As a rule there is more spotting on the 

 underparts, but this is not constant. 



In examples of this species from Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo 

 the orbital region is less dusky and the sides of the face and neck 

 are of a paler green. 



Hah. Southern Tenasserim and the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra 

 and also the Island of Xias on the west, Java, Borneo. 



a. 2 imm. sk. Java {Horitjield). India Museum. (Type 



of species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. E. Java [A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. d. (S ? ad. sk. E. Java. Wallace Coll. 



e. 2 ad.sk. Saxa. {Mus. Lugd.).. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. c^ad. ; g. Juv. sk. Java. Gould Coll. 



h, i. (S ad.; k. 2 Borneo. Rajah Brooke [P.]- 



ad. sk. 



/. c3' juv. .sk. LawasRiverjN. W.Borneo. H. Veitch, Esq. [P."]. 



m. tj imm. sk. Labuan. R. B. Sharpe. Esq. [P.]. 



w, 0. J 2 f^d. ; 2^. Lampong, Sumatra {E. C. Tweeddale Coll. 



Juv. sk. Buxton). 



q, r. cJ ad.: s. 2 ad. sk. Sumatra ( C. Bock). Tweeddale Coll. 



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