556 piciD.^. 



Adidt male. Above rufons olive; wing- coverts olive; hastnrd- 

 wing and primary-coverts dusky black, tbe former externall}' edged 

 with buff; quills dusky black, margined externally with olive, the 

 bastard-primary edged externally with white, the inner webs of the 

 primaries edged witli greyish white, those of the secondaries having 

 a white patch at the base, the innermost of these feathers entirely 

 dingy rufous ; shafts black ; rump orange-rufous ; u])pcr tail-coverts, 

 tail, and tail-shafts deep black ; nasal plumes yellow, tipped with 

 black ; forehead golden yellow, shading into rufous on the fore part 

 of the crown, the remainder of the crown and the nape olive ; a trace 

 of a rufous collar on the hind neck ; a white stripe from above the 

 hinder part of the eye, bordering the occiput ; sides of the face and 

 neck, and from the chin to the under tail-coverts, both inclusive, 

 orange-rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries nearly white : 

 " bill dark brown on the upper mandible, plumbeous on the lower, 

 inside of the mouth dusky ; eyelids naked and very conspicuous 

 dusky red ; iris crimson ; legs yellowish red ; claws yellowish " 

 (Oates). " Legs and feet dull orange ; claws very pale brown ; 

 upper mandible and tip of lower mandible dark horny brown, rest 

 of the lower mandible pale bluish ; irides from pale red to dark 

 crimson; orbital skin dull crimHon" {W. Davison). Total length 

 3-1 inches, culmeu 0-53, wing 2-12, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-5 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0'47, inner anterior 0-3, posterior 

 0-45. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the forehead 

 deep rufous, devoid of golden yellow. Total length 3 inches, culmen 

 0-55, wing 2-12, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-55. 



Young. Eesemble (generally) the adult, but have the plumage 

 very much duller in colour ; the top of the head dusky olive, the 

 forehead (at most) slightly varied with a few rufescent feathers ; 

 the under mandible darker. 



Hab. Nepal ; Sikliim, extending into Assam, Cachar, and Mani- 

 pur ; and south through the Burmese Provinces to Eahonee, near 

 Pakchan. 



a. Juv. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



(Type of species *.) 



b, c. cJ ad. ; d, e. Nepal. "Hodgson Coll, 

 5 ad. et juv. sk. 



f. q, h. cJ ad. sk. Nepal {B. H. ITodf/son). India Museum. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). Gould Coll. 



k, I. 6 ad. sk. Native Sikhim, Aug., Oct. {L. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 



* In my paper on "The Piculets of the Old World" (Ibis, 1881, p. 235) 

 I have stated that the type of Rada ochracea is a stuffed example. This is an 

 error, but at this distance of time I cannot say how the mistake occurred. 

 A careful examination of Hodgson's specimens in the Museum, compared with 

 his unpubhshed plates, shows me that the type is not, and never has been, 

 stuffed. It is letter c of my paper, and is a young bird. This sijecimen was 

 presented by Mr. Hodgson to the Museum in the year 1843. 



