10. GECINTJLtrS. 135 



Adult male. Above, including wing-coverts and tail-coverts, dull 

 red ; quills dusky brown, the outer webs of the secondaries and of 

 the inner primaries at the base red, the outer webs of the primaries 

 with longitudinal spots of ochreous yellow, those of the secondaries 

 ha\ing pinkish spots, the inner webs of quills with rounded white 

 spots, the innermost secondaries unspotted on either web; shafts 

 pale brown ; tail-feathers dusky, partially margined with red and 

 faintly barred with buff ; shafts light brown, with dusky tips ; nasal 

 plumes brownish buff ; head yellowish olive, buff or brownish ante- 

 riorly, the coronal feathers pink, tipped with deeper red : neck and 

 the whole of the under surface of the body olive, rather darker 

 below ; under tail-coverts dusky green ; under wing-coverts and 

 asillaries dusk}, the former varied with olive and dull white, the 

 latter tipped with olive. Total length 8'5 inches, culnien 1-1, wing 5, 

 tail 3-2, tarsus 0'9 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-G, inner 

 anterior 0-47, posterior 0'53. 



Young male. Has the upper parts darker and of a more pui'ple- 

 red, and the occipital and nuchal feathers, as well as those of the 

 crown, are tipped with pale red, although in a less degree ; the 

 under surface of the body is dusky blackish with scarcely a tinge of 

 olive, the chin and throat being very much paler. 



Adult foiiale. Wants the red on the crown, this being yellowish 

 olive like the rest of the head. Total length 8-7 inches, culmeu 1 •05, 

 wing 5'25, tail 3'4, tarsus 0"9o. 



Hab. jS^epal, Sikhim, Assam, Cachar and ilanipur, and south-east 

 into Laos *. 



a, b. d 2 acl- ^J^- Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



c,d. d' 5 ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodgson'). India Museum. 



e. $ ad. sk. Native Sikhim, Oct. 1876 (L. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 

 f-2).(Sa.d.;q-7c. $ Sikhim, Jan., Feb., April, July, Hume Coll. 



ad. et imm. sk. Aug., Sept., Nov. (Z.3/ffW(7eW0. 



.V. (5 ad. sk. Mongi^hoo, Darjeeliug, March Hume Coll. 



1873. 

 t/,z. cS ad. ; a, h'. $ Darjeeling, May, Nov. Hume Coll. 



ad.; c ,d' . $ juv.sk. 

 e. (S juv. Assam {McClelland). India Museum. 



(Type of species.) 

 /'. S imm. sk. Assam. Dr. Horsfield [P.]. 



</'. 5 ad. sk. N. Khasia hills, March, 1876 Tweeddale Coll. 



(.4. W. Chennell). 

 h'. 2 ad. sk. Tippook, March 1877 {J. Cock- Hume Coll. 



bunt). 

 »■', k'. J 2 ad. sk. Sadhya, April 1877 (J. Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 

 v. S ad. sk. Cachar. Hume CoU. 



m'. cS ad. sk. Eerunu- E., Manipur, Ftb. 9, Hume Coll. 



1>81 {A. O. H.). 



* An undoubted specimen from this country, collected by Dr. Harniand, is 

 in the Paris Museum. 



