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the under surface, being whitish, washed with green ; wings and 

 tail green like the back, the primaries a little darker green externally; 

 underneath, the tail is for the most part 3'ellow, including the shafts 

 of the feathers, which have a black external border and a broad 

 black band at the end ; axillaries and under wing-coverts ochreous 

 buff; quills dusk)- below, ochreous on the inner web : "bill dark 

 hornj', somewhat whitish at the base below ; legs and feet plumbeous 

 green; iris tawny" (C. T. BingJiam). Total length 12'o inches, 

 culmen 2-3, wing 5"1, tail 4*6, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male but smaller, and distinguished 

 by the scarlet of the sides of the face extending across the forehead, 

 being succeeded by a band of lilac across the crown : " bill black, 

 the lower mandible from the angle of genys to the base fleshy ; 

 legs and feet pale bluish green ; eyelids dark grey ; iris orange " 

 ( C, T. B.). Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 4-9, tail 4-5, 

 tarsus 0-55, 



Young male. Entirely green, with no scarlet or lilac on the head 

 and breast ; the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts ochreous 

 buff ; wings and tail as in the adult, but the ochreous yellow of the 

 underside of the tail-feathers neither so well-defined nor so bright; 

 the long chest-feathers with darker green centres, not so pronounced 

 as in the adult. 



Toung female. Lighter green than the male, the feathers of the 

 throat and chest with ochre-yellow margins, the abdomen ochre- 

 yellow. 



Hab. From Southern Tenasserim down the Malayan Peninsula to 

 Sumatra and Borneo. 



a, b. c? 5 ad. sk. Thoungyah, Tenasserim, Jan., Hume Coll. 

 Oct. ( W. Davison). 



c. (5 ad. sk. Thounpryeen Valley, Nov. (C. Hume Coll. 



T. Bingham). 



d. c? ad. sk. Myawadee, Jan. (TF. D.). Hume Coll. 



e. $ ad. sk. South of Ye, April ( W. D.) Hume Coll. 

 /. 2 ^^- sk. Foot of Nwalabo, April (/. Hume Coll. 



Darling), 

 g. (S ad. sk. Palaw -ton-ton, Dec. ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 

 k. c? ad. sk. Pakchan, Jan. ( W. Davison). Humo CoU. 



i-r. c? ad. ; s-a', Bankasoon, March, April, May Hume Coll. 



2 ad. sk. ( W. Davison), 



b', c'. (S ad. sk. Malewoon, Dec, Jan. (J. Darl- Hume Coll. 



ing). 

 d'. Ad. sk. Penang. Gould Coll. 



e'. Ad. sk. Penang (Dr. Cantor). India Museum. 



/. S iid. sk. Wellesley Province, Dec. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 

 (J . 5 ad. sk. Perak Mountains. L. Wray, Esq. [P.l. 



A', a, k'. S ad. ; Klang, Salangore, Feb., March, Hume Coll, 

 I', m'. $ ad. Nov. ( ir. Z)a mow), 

 sk. 

 w', 0', ;/. Ad. ; Malacca, July, Aug. ( W. D.). Hume Coll. 



q'-t'. Imm. sk. 

 m'. c? ad. sk. Malacca (A. B. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



