31. TIGA. 411 



outer anterior O'S, outer posterior 0'77, inner anterior 0'55, inner 

 posterior 0'3. 



Younci male. Differs from the adult of the same sex in having the 

 forehead and crown black, a few only of the hinder feathers of 

 the crown tipped with duU red, the crest (alone) being scarlet. 

 There is also a greater amount of black upon the chin, throat, fore 

 neck, and chest, and these parts are covered with more rounded 

 spots of white ; the feathers of the underparts are entirelj^ margined 

 with black. 



Adult female. Has the forehead and crown black, the feathers 

 having bufFj-white apical spots, the red on the head being confined 

 to the occipital crest. Total lengih 11 inches, culmen 1-46, wing 

 5-3, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-9S. 



Hub. Ceylon, found throughout almost the entire island. 



a, b. S ad. ; c. Cevlon. Gould Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 

 d-k. (S ad. et Ceylon, Dec, March, April, July. Tweeddale Coll. 



imm. ; l-p. $ 



ad. et imm. sk. 

 q-io. c? ad. et Ceylon, July, Sept., Oct., Nov. Hume Coll. 



imm.; x-b'. 5 



ad. et imm. sk. 

 c'. cj' juv. sk. N.W. Province of Ceylon. Colonel Legge [P.]. 



31. TIGA. 



Type. 

 Tiga, Kaiip, llderreich, 4'c. Band 2, Th. i. p. 38 (18-36) . T. javauensis. 



Chrysonotus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 309 (1837) T. javanensis. 



Chloropicoides, Malh. Mem. Acad. Metz, 1848-49, p. 345 T. shorii. 



liange. India (locally) ; Burmah, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin 

 China ; through the Malayan Peninsula into the islands of Sumatra, 

 Java, Bali, Borneo, and Palawan. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Feathers of the fore neck and chest bufly' or 

 rufescent white edged with black. 

 «'. Chin and throat white, with one row of 

 black spots down the middle ; the red 

 tips of the feathers on the top of the 

 head, in the male, separated from the 

 dusky base by black. 

 a". Top of the head and the crest ver- 

 milion javanensis <5 ad., p. 413. 



b". Top of the head and the cre.st black 



striped with white javanensis 5 ad., p. 414. 



b'. Chin and throat with two rows of black 

 spots arranged longitudinally, the space 

 between these being buti' or pale di-ab ; 

 the red tips of the feathers on the top of 

 the head, in the male, separated from 



