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the extreme base of the centre feathers ; the terminal half of the 

 tail black * ; crown of head sooty black, with a slight greenish wash ; 

 lores sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and chin black, the cheeks 

 and hinder ear-coverts washed with green like the sides of the neck ; 

 throat purplish blue, with mesial streaks of paler and more cobalt- 

 blue ; fore neck and remainder of under surface of body greenish 

 blue,'more decidedly green on the fore neck and chest ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries also greenish blue : " bill, legs, and feet deep 

 vermilion ; tip of bill black ; iris dark brown ; gape yellowish " {E. 

 W. Oates). Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 7-5, tail 3-8, 

 tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 10 5 

 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 7"2, tail 3-9, tarsus 0-65. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being duller in colour and in 

 having a black bill, and in wanting the bright blue patch on the 

 throat, which is greenish, a little duller than the abdomen. 



Hab. Islands of I3ay of Bengal ; Burmese countries north to 

 Cachar, down the Malayan Peninsula to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and the Philippines. 



a,b,c. c? ad.; d, 



e. 5 ad. sk. 

 /. _c? ad. ; ff. ? 



juv. sk. 

 k. S ad. ; i, k. 2 



imm. sk. 

 I, in. S ad. ; n. 



2 ad. sk. 

 o,p,q. d" ad.; r. 



2 juv. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 



V. <S ad. sk. 



w. 2 ad. sk. 

 X. S ad. sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. 

 z. 2 ad. sk. 



a' . 2 ad. sk. 

 V, c, d'. S ad.; 

 e . 2 ad. sk. 



Port Blair, S. Andamans, Aug. 



( W. Davison). 

 Port Blair, June, Aug. {R. J. 



Wimberley). 

 Port Blair, July, Aug. {R. J. 



IF.). 

 Port Mouat, Jan., April ( W. 



Davison). 

 Mount Harriet, Dec. ( W. D.). 



Nicobar Islands. 

 Cachar {J. Inglis). 

 Bassein, Pegu. 



Zanee River, Tenasserim, Feb. 



(C. T. Bincjham). 

 Mergui, Jan. ( W. Davison). 

 Bopvin, Dec. 19 { W. D.). 

 Pakchan, Jan. 21 ( W. D.). 

 Choungthanoung, Dec. 25 ( W. 



D). 

 Assoon, Feb. 5 ( W. Limborg). 

 Baukasoon, Dec, Feb. ( W. 



D.). 



Hume Coll. 



Dr.R.B.Shai-i5e[P.]. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



* Mr. Dresser (Ibis, 1891, p. 101) has given elaborate measurements to 

 show the amount of variation in tlie bhie on the tail in E. orienfalis and 

 E. caloiiyx, which he unites together as one species. These observations were 

 made on the series in the Tweeddale collection. The Tweeddale series having 

 now been sent to the Museum by Mr. Dresser. 1 find it impossible to agree 

 with his conclusions, for the distinctness of E. orienfalis and E. calonyx is 

 amply confirmed by the specimens. The difficulty lies in the separation of 

 E. orieirtali» from E. anstralis, for both forms occur in Celebes, and specimens 

 from other localities also appear to be intermediate. 



