5. NYCTIOENIS. 



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Adult male. Pale grass-green, iucluding the wings and tail, the 

 latter ochreous yellow underneath, but not having the broad 

 termiual bar of i\^. amicta ; forehead and vertex verditor-blue ; 

 sides of face, cheeks, and sides of neck green like the back ; lon^^ 

 throat-feathers pale blue, the lower ones with darker blue bases and 

 light blue tips; remainder of under surface ochreous buff, the 

 abdomen broadly streaked with green centres to the feathers', the 

 under tail-coverts slightly washed with green ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries ochreous buff, as well as the quill-lining .- « bill 

 horny, lighter at the base below ; legs fleshy brown, tinged with 

 green ; claws horn-coloured ; iris brown " {E. W. Oaks). Total 

 length 13 inches, culmeu 1-So, wing 5-9, tail 5-3, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Similar to the male but somewhat smaller : "bill 

 light horny, pale at gape and base of lower mandible ; legs and feet 

 pale greenish; iris yellowish brown" (C. T. Biw/havi). Total 

 length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 5-21, tail 4-8, tarsus' 0-6 



ffab. Southern and Central India. Himalayas from the Dhoon to 

 Assam, south to Tenasserim, and east to Siam and Cambodia. 



Ad. sk. 

 b. d' ad. ; c, d. 



2 ad. sk. 

 e. (S ad. sk. 

 /,(/. d' 2 ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i. 2 ad. sk. 



k, I. (5" ad. sk. 

 in. Ad. sk. 

 n. c? ad. sk. 

 0, p. q. Ad. sk. 

 r, s, t. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 

 v-b'. Ad. ; c'. 



Juv. sk. 

 d'. Ad. sk. 

 e'~i'. Ad. sk. 



k'~p'. Ad. sk. 



Travaneore. 



KuUar, Nilghiris, Oct. 



Seegore, Nilghiris, June. 



Sumbalpur, Jan. 



Behar. 



Siwalik Hills, March 



Scott). 

 Dehra Dhoon, Dec. 

 Dehra Dhoon. 

 Kalsi, Feb. 

 Masuri. 

 Niani Tal. 

 Pilibheet. 

 Nepal. 



sk 



Ad. sk. 



s. 6 2 



ad. 



t', W. (S 2 ad. 



sk. 

 v'. Ad. sk. 

 w'. c? ad. sk. 

 x'. Ad. sk. 

 y'-b". Ad. sk. 



c". 6 ad. ; d", 



e". 2 ad. sk, 

 /'. Ad. sk. 

 g", h". 2 ad. sk. 

 i", k". .Id. sk. 



Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). 

 Native Sikhim, March, July, 



Aug., Oct. {L. Mandelli). 

 Sikhim, Feb., Oct., Nov. (L. 



Majulelli). 

 Asaam (A. W. Chenyiell). 

 N. Khasia Hills, Jan. (A. 



W. C). 

 Dibrughur, May, June (J. R. 



Crijjjis). 

 Cachar. 



Tipperah Hills, Jan. 

 Bhaiuo, Feb. 

 Karen Hills, Sept., Oct., Nov. 



{R. G. W. R.). 

 Tonghoo, Oct., Nov. (R. G 



W. R.). 

 Burmali. 



Ai-acan Hills, Jan. 

 Bassein, Pegu. 



India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 {Dr. Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Pinwill Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hodgson Coll. 

 (Types of N. ineropura.) 

 India Museum.' 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Dr. J. Anderson [C.J. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



Oates Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, 



Esq. [P.]. 



