110 STUENIDiE. 



Lappets two, one on each side of the occiput ; no bare patches on 

 tlic side of the face. The lappets are said by Colonel Legge to meet 

 at the base in old birds. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour : " iris white or 

 j-cllowish white" (W. V. Legge). Total length 10 inches, culmeu 

 l-l, wing G, tail 2"55, tarsus 1'4. 



The white marking on the primaries does not vary much. 

 Occasionallj' there is an appearance of a small mark of white on 

 the outer web as well as on the inner one of the first long primary, 

 and usually six primaries only arc marked with white. Sometimes, 

 however, the seventh shows a small white mark on the outer web ; 

 and in one specimen in the Tweeddale collection there is considerable 

 amount of white on hotli webs. 



Young. " Birds of the year have the iris quite brown, bill with 

 more black about the base, and not so long as in the adult ; lappets 

 smaller and widely separated at the base ; lower parts faintly edged 

 with greyish. In this stage they breed. 



'• I record the colour of the iris in the adult female as uliite, because 

 I have found it so in all specimens I have shot ; I believe Mr. Bligh 

 has observed the same to be the case. Whether the eye of the 

 male becomes white with age I am unable to say ; I have always 

 found greyish or brown tints in it, and they are usually in the form 

 of dots or stipplings. The fact of the eye in the young bird being 

 brown augurs strongly in favour of a change eventually to the same 

 colour in both sexes ; and it may be that I have not succeeded in 

 getting a fully-aged male." {Legge.) 



Hah. Confined to Ceylon. 



a. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Hume Coll. 



b.c. cJ 2 ad. sk. Singha-Rajah Forest, S. Ceylon, 



Aug. 20,' 1872 (W^. V. Le;i(,e). 

 d. 9 ad. sk. Avisawella, Cej-lou, Dec. 17, 1876 R, B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



(^W. V. Legge). [P.]. 



e,f. Ad. ; //. $ Pusiwella, Ceylon, Dec. 1(3, 1865 Tweeddalo Coll. 



ad. sk. ' {S. Chapman), 



h-r. S 2 '"^d. sk. Ambegamwa, Ceylon, Feb , Tweeddale Coll. 



March 1873 {H. Nevill). 

 s, t. c? $ ad. sk. Ctallagedara, Ceylou, Feb. 1872 Tweeddale Coll. 



{IL Nevill). 

 u, r, w. c? ad. ; .*', y. Ratuapura, Ceylou, Feb. 1834 Tweeddale Cull. 

 2 ad.; z. (S {H.Nemll). 



iuv. sk. 



