128 piciD^. 



Chrysophlegma flaviimcha, Gould, B. Asia, vi. pi. xxxvi. (1850) ; 



lip. Cunsp. Gen. Ac. i. p. 127 (18-jO) ; id. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. 



p. 10 (18')4) ; Reichcnb. Scans. Piciiicp, p. 357, no. 824, pi. dcxxvii. 



tigs. 4171, 4172, d" 2 ad. (1854) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mtis. 



E. I. Co. ii. p. 602 (1856-58); Gray, Cat. Manan. Sfc. Nepal, 



pres. Hodqs. 2ud ed. p. m, no. 481 (18(i3) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 289 



(1862); Beamn, Ibis, 1805, p. 411; Bidijer, op. cit. 1809, p. 150; 



Beavan, torn. cit. p. 414; jferd. op. cit. 1872, p. 9; Hume, Str. F. 



1874, p. 472; id. ^- Oates, op. «^. 1875, pp. 12, 71; Blyth ir 



Wald. B. Burm. p. 76 (1875) ; Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 20 ; id. k' 



Davison, op. cit. vi. p. 137 (1878) ; Hmne, op. cit. 1879, p. 87 ; 



Biix/ham, op. cit. 18M0, p. 104 ; Oates. Str. F. 1882, p. 191 ; id. B. 



Brit. Burm. ii. p. 43 (1883) ; Hargitt, Ihis, 1886, p. 202. 

 Chloiopicus flaviiuicba, Malh. Ficidcp, ii. p. 100, pi. Ixxiii. figs. 1, 2, 3 



(1802). 



Adult male. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, scapulars, wing- 

 coverts and almost the whole outer webs of the secondaries glossy 

 yellowish olive, the remaining portion of the quills rufous barred 

 and tipped with black, the tips having a browner tinge : shafts 

 blacl<ish brown ; tail black, the central feathers margined with 

 olive at the base ; shafts black ; nasal plumes brown ; forehead 

 rufous, shading into olive on the crown and occiput, the whole being 

 striped with dull brownish red ; nuchal crest golden yellow ; face 

 dingy olive, the loral region drabby green ; malar region, chin, and 

 throat lemon-yelhiw ; side of the neck and fore neck olive-blackish, 

 the latter region varied with longiti;dinal white stripes, the feathers 

 in reality being white with a longitudinal or somewhat triangular 

 apical spot of olive-black, the basal part more or less concealed ; 

 chest olive grading into olivaceous grey on the whole of the under- 

 parts and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts white tinged with 

 yellow and rufous, and transversely spotted with black ; axillaries 

 yellowish white occa'^ionallv tinged with rufous, and with similar 

 transverse spots and bars, the latter feathers (externally) and the 

 edge of the Aving are sometimes washed with olive : " bill dusky 

 bluish white ; iris red ; eyelids, ga]ie, and naked skin at gape 

 greenish blue; legs dusky blue; claws horny" (E. W. Oates). 

 Total length 13 inches, culmen l-7o, wing 6'5, tail 4-7, tarsus 1-1 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior O'ST, outer posterior 8, inner 

 anterior 0*6, inner posterior 0-4. 



Adult female. Has the malar region, chin, and upper part of the 

 throat rufous faintly striped with blackish. Total length 13 

 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 6 63, tail 4-7, tarsus 1*15. 



Nestlitir/, prohahhj male. Eesembles the adult, but has the malar 

 region, chin, throat, and fore neck dull buffy white, the throat and 

 fore neck having dusky brownish spots ; the underparts smoky grey, 

 browner on the chest. 



Ilah. Has been obtained about 100 miles west of Masuri, and 

 extends through the Himalayas into Assam and Cachar, and south 

 into the central portion of the province of Tenasserim, but not as 

 far as Meetan. 



