388 PLOCEIDiE. 



39. CHLOEURA. „ 



Type. 

 Chlorura, Rekhenb. SmjPor/el, p 33 (1862) C. hyperythra 



Range. Java and Borneo. 



1. Chlorura hyperythra. 



Chlorura hyperythra, Reiclienh. Sinqvor/el, p. 33, Taf. xi. tipr. 97 (1862) ; 

 Scl. Ibis. 1881, p. 546 ; Salvad. Orn. Fap. ii. p. 443 (1881) ; Vor- 

 derm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlii. p. 248 (1883), xlv. p. 395 

 (1886) ; Sharpe, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) iii. p. 434 (1889). 



Amadina hyperythra, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 58, no. 6808 (1870) ; 

 Rosenh. Malay. Archip. p. 558 (1879). 



Adult female. General colour above dark grass-green, the wing- 

 coverts like the back or edged with grass-green, the primaries ex- 

 ternally margined with olive-yellow ; upper tail-coverts dull orange ; 

 tail-feathers blackish, green at the ends, the centre ones green washed 

 with orange ; head green like the back ; the forehead blue, with a 

 black band along the bases of the biU ; lores, sides of face, ear- 

 coverts, cheeks, and under surface of body deep tawny rufous, 

 almost chestnut, becoming rather paler on the abdomen, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts ; sides of breast, sides of body, and flanks grass- 

 green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries tawny rufous ; quills 

 dusky below, ashy along the inner web : " bill black ; feet and claws 

 dirty flesh-colour ; iris dark Vandyke brown " {A. G. Vorclerman). 

 Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2-2, tail 1"35, tarsus 0"65. 



Hab. Java. 



a. $ ad. sk. Java (Leyden Mus.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



2. CMorura borneensis. 



Chlorura hyperythra (wee Reichenb.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 453. 

 Chlorura borneensis, Sharpe, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) iii. p. 424 

 (1889) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 435. 



Adult mcde. Similar to C. hyperythra, but paler tawny rufous 

 below, and distinguished at a glance by the absence of the orange 

 upper tail-coverts. Total length 4'2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-25, 

 tail 1'25, tarsus O'G. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with less blue on the 

 forehead. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-4, tail l-lo, 

 tarsus 0-65. 



Young male. Similar to the adults, but less intense in colour and 

 much paler on the face and under surface of body ; no blue on the 

 forehead. 



Hah. Kina Ealu, N.W. Borneo. 



«, b. d 2 ad. ; c. Kina Balu, 8000 feet, John Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 d uv. sk. Feb. 



