3. ai,ci:d(i. 



14-") 



briglit blue, 1)arred with duskj' blackish ; on the sides of the ueck a 

 broad band of l)ufFy-whito feathers, slightly tinged with orange- 

 rufous ; throat buffy white ; remainder of the under surface from 

 the lower throat downwards rich orange-rufous ; the sides of the 

 upper breast greenish blue ; under wing-coverts orange-rufous like 

 the breast; (juills dusky below, washed with rufous along the inner 

 web : bill entirely black ; feet coral-red ; iris dusky brown. Total 

 length 7"5 inches, culmen 1-75, wing 3-1, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-35. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but rather duller and greener 

 in colour, and distinguished by having the basal half of the lower 

 mandil)le red. Total length 7 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 3, tail 1-4, 

 tarsus O--'. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but much more dingy in colour, 

 and always recognizable by the ashy colour which overspreads the 

 fore neck and breast, all the feathers being edged with dull ashy. 



Hah. The whole of Europe and Northern Asia to the Japanese 

 Islands, throughout China, the Burmese countries, and the Indian 

 Peninsula, the Malayan Peninsula, and the Indo-Malayan Islands to 

 the Moluccas. It will be noticed that I have united A. benr/alensis 

 to A. ispida, as it is impossible to find characters for their sepa- 

 ration. 



a, b, c. Juv. St. 



d. $ ad. ; e-k. Juv. 



St. [group]. 

 /, m. Ad. etimm. sk. 

 n. Ad. St. 

 o. (S juv. sk. 

 jj. 5 imm. sk. 

 q. Ad. St. 



r-7i. cJ 5 ad. etjua. 



V. 2 ad. sli. 



w-z. c^ ad. ; a'. 2 



ad. sk. 

 d'-d'. Ad. .St. 

 e'. (5 juv. sk. 



/'. ? juv. sk. 



(/', li . J imm. sk. 



?■'. 2 ad. sk. 

 li. Ad. sk. 



V. Ad. sk. 

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 w'. Ad. sk. 



o'. c? ad. sk. 



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Romney Marsh, Kent, 



Sept. 3. 

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Oct. 

 Hampshire (P.L.Se/ater). 

 Christchurch, Hants, 



Feb. 

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 Belgium, Aug. 8. 

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H. Irhy). 

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Saunderx). 



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LL.D. [P. I. 

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LL.D. [P.]. 

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