110 STUKN1D.T5. 



1 . Ampeliceps coronatus. 



Ampeliceps coronatus, Bli/tJi, J. A. S. Benr/. xi. p. 194 (1842), xii. 

 1.985 (184:5), XV. p. 32" (1840); id. Cat.'li. Mus. As. Soc. p. 108 



(1849) ; £p. Consp. i. p. 422 (1850) ; Horsf. <^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E.I. Co. ii. p. 525 (1850); Verr. P. Z.' S. 1868, p. 022; Ifiimc, 



A^est ^- Eqg& Ind. B. p. 4.'56 (1872) ; id. Sir. F. 1874, p. 480 ; 



Anmtr. Sir. F. 1870, p. 335 ; Blyth S,- Walden, B. Burm. p. 89 



(1875) ; Hume 4'- Damon, Str. F. vi. p. 398 (1878); mme, Str. 



F. viii. 1879, p. 100 ; id. Str. F. ix. p. 250 (1880) ; Oates, Str. F. 



X. 1882, p. 231 ; id. B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 395 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) v. p. 015 (]888) ; Hu7ne, Str. F. xi. p. 209 



(1888). 

 Gracul.i coronata, Gray ^- Mitch. Gen. B. ii. p. 330, pi. 81 (1845). 

 Eulabes coronata, Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 18, no. 0274 (1870). 



Adiilt female . Greenish black, pnrjilish on tho hind neck and 

 sides of neck and lesser wing-coverts ; remainder of wing-coverts 

 and quills black, externally steel glossed with steel-green or pur- 

 plish, the primaries with a large patch of yellow, extending over 

 the seven long primaries, biit confined to the inner web of the first 

 and the outer web of the seventh ; the mark on the outer web rather 

 bright yellow, but whiter on the inner web ; croM'U of head bright 

 yellow, the sides of the crown, nape, lores, sides of face, cheeks, and 

 car-coverts puri)lish black, like the sides of the neck; throat yellow ; 

 remainder of under surface of body from tho lower throat down- 

 wards greenish black, rather glossed with purple on the fore neck ; 

 the feathers of the abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 rather more dusky and edged with glossy green ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts black ; quills black below, with a large yellow 

 patch on the primaries : " bill pale orange, turning to blue at the 

 gape, mouth livid ; ophthalmic skin yellow, tinged with orange ; 

 legs dull orange ; claws dark horn ; iris dark brown " {E. W. Oates) : 

 " bill dull greenish, tipped and margined with yellow ; legs and 

 feet bright ochreish yellow : claws dark brown ; iris dark brown " 

 {J. Armstrong). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 5-1, tail 

 2-3, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult male. Similar to the female, but distinguished by the whole 

 of tho lores and fore part of cheeks being yellow : " bill yellow, 

 tinged slightly with green at the gape, and base of lower mandible 

 bluish green ; legs and feet pinkish chrome-yellow ; iris very dark 

 broM'n" (W. Davison). Total length 9-2 inches, wing 5"2, culmen 

 0-75, tail 2'3, tarsus 1. 



Younfj. With the greater part of the head blue-black, as well as 

 the sides of the face and sides of throat, leaving the centre of the 

 throat yellow, and the crown more or less mixed with yellow plumes. 



Huh. The same as that of the genus. 



a. Ad. sk. Cachar. Hume Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. China Ba-keer, Dec. 17. 1875 Hume Coll. 



{J. Armstrong). 



e, c'. Ad. sk. Tonghoo. Tweeddale Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Tonghoo. Oates Coll. 



e S <id. sk. Lower Pegu, Jan. 29, 1879. Oates Coll. 



