39. HEMICERCTJS. 



487 



Adult female. Ma)- be distinguished from the adult male bj' its 

 pale buff forehead and crown. Total length Cr3 inches, culmen O'S, 

 wing 3-85, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-7. 



Young. Both sexes resemble the adult female, but differ in having 

 the forehead and crown deeper buff ; a dusky black stripe from the 

 lower mandible bordering the throat; the greater wing-coverts with 

 broader huffy margins ; the under surface of the body black. The 

 change from the buff crown of the young male to the black crown of 

 the adult is apparently not the result of a moult, as the black com- 

 mences at the tip of the feather and by degrees replaces the buff. 



The soft parts in this species are as follows : "legs and feet dark 

 greenish horny, dark greenish plumbeous, or very dark sap-green, 

 often appearing all but black ; the claws blackish plumbeous or 

 black ; bill black ; iridcs dark brown or dark reddish brown " 

 {E. W. Ontes). 



Hab. Throughout British Burmah (locally), and ranges north into 

 Cachar and Manipur ; south through Tenasserim, and into the 

 Malayan Peninsula as far as Kossoom ; eastward into Siam, Cam- 

 bodia, and South Cochin China. Probably occurs also in Native 

 Burmah. 



a, h, c. (S ad. sk. 

 d,e. d2 ad.;/, 



f/. (S imm. sk. 

 h. '$ ad. ; i. ^ 



imm. sk. 

 A-. 2 ad. sk. 



/. cJ imm. sk. 



?«, n. cj ad. etjuv. ; 



o,p. 2 ad. etjuv. 



sk. 

 q. 5 ad. sk. 



r. 2 ad. sk. 



u. S 



s, t. 2 ad. ; 



imm. sk. 



V. (S imm. sk. 



IV. (S ad. sk. 



x-a . S ad. ; b'-e' . 

 2 ad. etjuv. sk, 

 /'. <S imm. sk. 



//', /*'. <S 2 ad. sk. 



i'-m . cJ ad. et 

 juv. ; 11 -r . 2 

 ad. etjuv. sk. 



s . S ad. sk. 



t. 2 ad. sk. 



Cachar {J. Inglis). 



Karen Hills, Burmah, Jan. 1875 



(R. G. W. li.). 

 Burmah (Hvuyhton). 



Tonghoo, Oct. 7, 1875 (R. O. 



W. R.). 

 Bassein, Pegu. 



Pahpoon, Dec, Jan., Feb. ( W. 

 Davison). 



Salween River, Dec. 17, 1873 

 ( W. Davison). 



Beeling, Feb. 11, 1876 ( IF. Davi- 

 son). 



Thutoue, Jan. 1878 ( If. Davison). 



Thatone, Dec. 29, 1877 ( W. Davi- 

 son). 



Wimpong, Dec. 15, 1876 {W. 

 Davison). 



Kaukaryit, Jan., May, June, July, 

 Aug., Sept. (J. Darlinq). 



Khyin, March 5, 1877 ( W. Davi- 

 son). 



Meetan, Feb. 1877 ( W. Davison). 



Amherst, Dec, July ( TV. Davi- 

 son). 



Zadee, April 5, 1874 ( JF. Davison). 

 Meeta Myo, April 19, 1874 ( W. 

 Davison). 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



JIume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



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Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



