8. CHRTSOPHLEGMA. 123 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 103 ; id. Ibis, 1876, p. 35 ; Ttceedd. op. cit. 1877, 



p. 289 ; Hume Sr Davison, Str. F. vi. pp. 140, 510 (1878) ; Hume, 



op. cit. 1879, p. 52 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 242 ; Salvad. Aim. 



Mus. Civ. Ge?iov.xiv. p. 182 (1879); Oates, B. Brit. Burm. ii. 



p. 47 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Civ. Star. Nat. Genov. 1887, 



p. 530. 

 PicLis miniatus (pt.), Vigors, Mem. Raffl. p. 669 (1830) ; Sundev. 



Consp. Av. Picin. p. 59 (1806). 

 Chrysophlegma malaccense, Hargitt, Ibis, 1886, p. 276 ; Sharpe, 



P. Z. S. 1887, p. 442. 



Adult male. Resembles C. miiiiatum, but may be distinguished 

 by having the back olive, with irregular transverse or zigzag 

 markings of yellow, and only a few spots or blotches of red ; the 

 yellow nuchal crest not washed with red. Total length 10'25 

 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4-8, tail 2-7, tarsus 0"9 ; toes (without 

 claws) — outer anterior 0"78, outer posterior 0-75, inner anterior 

 0"55, inner posterior 0'4. 



Youni/ male. Has the upper parts dusky green, the upper part of 

 the back without any of the irregular transverse markings of yellow, 

 the tips, only, of the feathers being of the latter colour ; the fore- 

 head and crown dusky brown, the feathers having dusky tips; 

 occipital crest dull red, and the nuchal crest pale yellow ; the face 

 with faint dusky transverse markings, the side of the neck and the 

 chest having these markings more pronounced, the chin and throat 

 uniform. In other respects the coloration and markings resemble 

 those of the adult, but the former is duller and the latter are fainter. 



Adult female. Eesembles the adult male, but has the forehead, 

 face, chin, and throat spotted with bufly white, and the latter 

 region with blackish brown : " legs and feet pale dirty green, claws 

 horny green ; lower mandible bluish white, upper mandible horny 

 black ; irides red : eyelids dark grey " ( W. Davison). Total length 

 IQ-fi inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4'8, tail 2"6, tarsus 0"87. 



Nestling (sex ?). Resembles the young bird described, but has the 

 feathers on the top of the head tipped with red : from the chin to 

 the lower breast dingy brown, mottled with a lighter dingy rufous, 

 the remaining underparts and the under tail-coverts dusky, with 

 large, faint, and more or less triangular spots of dingy white or 

 brownish white. It wants the reddish face of the adult male and 

 the white spotted face of the adult female. 



ffab. Southern Tenasserim and throughout the Malayan Penin- 

 sula ; also Sumatra, Bangka, and Borneo. 



a. J ad. sk. Tavoy, Tenasserim, Feb. 1879 Hume Coll. 



( TV. Davi.<:on). 



b. S ad. sk. Mergui Islands, Dec. 7, 1874 Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



c. $ ad. sk. TenasserimTown, Nov. 26, 1874 Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



d. (J ad. sk. Bopyin, Dec. ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



e. Jad. ;/, ^, A. Bankasoon, March, May {W. Hume Coll. 

 $ad.; i,k. cJ Davison). 



juv. sk. 



