3. HERO PS. 



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washed with blue ; upper tail-coverts pale blue ; lesser wing-coverts 

 green, the remainder light chestnut like the secondaries, the latter 

 black at the ends ; primaries blue, blackish towards the tips, the 

 inner secondaries green, becoming blue towards the tips ; centre 

 tail-feathers blue, greener towards the base, the remainder of the 

 feathers green with blue edges ; lores and a streak surrounding the 

 eye and embracing the ear-coverts black ; fore part of cheeks blue, 

 the hinder cheeks whit« ; throat bright j-ellow, succeeded by a 

 black band across the lower throat ; remainder of under surface 

 from the lower throat downwards greenish blue, the abdomen 

 rather paler; under wing-coverts and axillaries ochreous buff, 

 washed with green along the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, 

 ochreous buff along the inner web : " bill black ; feet greyish brown ; 

 iris lemon-yellow " {H. GutUemard). Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1-65, wing 5'7, tail 4-5, tarsus 0'35. 



Adult female. Yery similar to the male in colour, but sometimes 

 a little more washed with green on the head and back. Total 

 length 9-5 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 5-9, tail 4-2, tarsus 0-45. 



Toung after first moult. Very much paler than the adults, greener 

 below, and wanting the black bar across the lower throat ; eyebrow 

 green ; the whole of the chestnut of the head and mantle obscured 

 by a wash of green, and the light parts of the back and scapulars 

 washed with pale greenish. 



Bab. Southern Europe, extending to Central Asia and south to 

 Afghanistan, Cashmere, and Sind, occurring in winter throughout 

 the whole of Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. Imm. sk. 



e. 2 ad. ; f. Imm. 

 sk. 



g. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. st. 

 k, 2 Imm. sk, 



I. (S ad. sk. 

 m-s. Ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. 



1«, c? ad. sk. 

 V, w. c? ad. sk. 

 X. 5 ad. sk. 

 y,z. (5 2 ad. sk. 

 a', b'. cJ ad. sk. 

 : 



c', d', e'. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



England (Dr. Hey sham). 

 S. France {Shaw Kennedy). 

 Malaga, Spain, May (H. 



Saunders). 

 Algeria. 

 Kef Laks, Constantine, April 



(0. Salviii). 

 Malta, May {A. L. Adams). 

 Greece. 

 Athens. 

 Ortakeuy, Turkey, Sept. U{T. 



Robsoyi). 

 Black Sea, May 9 ( T. Robson). 

 Cyprus, May, Aug. {H. Guille- 



mard ^ W, Pearce). 



Egypt. 



Egypt, April (G. ^. ^.). 

 Mt. Carmel, Palestine, April. 

 Safed, Palestine. 

 Shiraz, June. 

 Shiraz, June. 



Fao, Persian Gulf. 



Bushire, April. 



Hume Coll. 

 Shelley CoU. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Jardine Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Consul Merlin [P.]. 

 Dr. R. B. Sharpe 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 



J. Bowring, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Canon Tristram [C.l. 

 Caoon Tristram [C. |. 

 Sir O. St. John [C.]. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. D. Cumming, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 A. J. V. Palmer, 



Esq. [P.], 



