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l>\ c'. J ad. sk. 



d'. $ juv. sk. 



e^Ad. ; /"*. Imra. sk. 

 ff\ h\ S $ ad. ; i\ 



k\ (S 2 juv. sk. 

 l*,mK Ad.; «*. 



Imm. sk. 

 o*. c? ad. sk. 

 p*. Ad. ; 5*. Imm. 



sk. 

 »•'. Ad.sk. 

 s*-M*. 2 ad sk. 

 «^ 5 ad. sk. 

 10^. Ad. sk. 



X*. 2 juv. sk. 

 2/S z\ d 2 ad. 



sk. 

 «5, 5^ Ad. sk. 

 c^, d\ Ad. sk. 



Java (Ilorsjicld). 



Java [Ilorsjicld). 



Java. 



Java (Leiden Museum). 



W. Java. 



E. Java. 

 Billiton. 



IndiaMuseum. 

 (Types of the species.) 



India Museum. 



(Type of T. stn'c/afm.) 



' Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman 



CoU. 

 F. Nicholson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Borneo (Rajah Brooke). 

 Sarawak. 



Sarawak (A. li. Wallace). 

 .Belidah, Sarawak, Dec. 5, 18G9 



(A. H. Everett). 

 Sabu, Sarawak (A. Everett). 

 Sibu Island, Dec, April. 



Labuan (J. Motley). 

 Omadal Island, N. Borneo. 



Gould Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 A. Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Dr. Mclvinlay [P.]. 



Subsp. a. Calornis tytleri. 



Calornis affinis (nee Hay), Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 330; Hume, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 437 ; Ball, J. A. S. Beng. 1872, p. 285 ; id. Str. F. 1873, 

 p. 77 ; Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 145 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 480. 



Calornis tytleri, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 480, 1874, p. 253 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 18'7G, p. 46 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 106. 



Adult male. Similar to G. chalyhea, but altogether darker and 

 with no sign of an oily-green gloss, the general appearance of the 

 bird being a dull steel- green. Size larger than in C chalyhea. 

 Total length 7'6 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4-45, tail 2*7, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 

 8 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 4-35, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-85. 



Young. Hesembles the young of C chalybea, being dark brown 

 above, white below, broadly streaked with black. 



The Nicobar bird seems to be even larger than that of the 

 Andamans, a male from Car Nicobar measuring 4'7 inches in the 

 wing. 



Hah. Andaman Islands and Nicobars. 



a-e. S ad. et 

 juv.;/,i?. $ 



JUV. 



h. (^ juv. sk. 



S. Andamans, Feb.-April (R. G. Tweeddale Coll. 

 TF. B.). 



Wim- Hume Coll. 



S. Andamans (R. J. 

 be r ley), 

 i (5 ad. sk. Port Blair, S. Andamans, July Hume Coll. 



4, 1873 (R. J. Wimberley). ^ 

 k. S ad. ; I. Juv. sk. Maepherson's Straits, March 1873 Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison), 

 m. S ad. ; n, o. $ Mt. Harriett, S. Andamans, Hume Coll. 

 iium. sk. March 1873 (W. Davison). 



