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9. MYCEROBAS. _, 



Type. 

 Mycerobas, Cab. in Wiegm, Arch. xiii. p. 350 



( 1 >47) ' M. melanoxanthus. 



Bill of Mycerobas melanoxanthus from below, to show form of chin-augle. 



Range. Throughout the Himalayas to Manipur and Western 

 China. 



1. Mycerobas melanoxanthus. 



Coeeothraustes raelar.oxantlnis, Hvdys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mas., 

 Passeres, pi. 279. figs. 1, 2 (nos. 326, 827), pi. 27'.>a. figs. 1, 1*; 

 id. Asiatic Researches, xix. p. 160 (1836) ; id. in Gray's Zoo/. .1/isc. 

 p. 84 (1844). 



CoccothrausUs fortirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 228, 



Coeeothraustes melanoxanthus, Blyth, J. A. S. Rvwj. xiii. 1844, 

 p. 050, cum fig. :', (bill) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 358, pi 88 | L844) ; 

 ul. Cat. Mamnt. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 10.") 1 1846) ; Blyth, ('at. 

 B. Mas. As. -S'oc. p. 120 (1840); Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 88, 

 no. 7295 (1870); David, X. Arch. Mus. vii. Bull. p. 11 (1871); 

 Sahin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 212(1882). 



Mycerobas melanoxanthus, Cab. in Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg. xiii. 

 p. 3-jO (1847); Bj>. ('■■nsp. i. p. 505 (I860); Gould, B. Asia, 

 vol. v. pi. 20(1851); Horsf.fy Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. 

 p. 461 (1860) : Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 386 | 1863) : Blyth, Ibis, L867, 

 p. 43; Swinh. P.Z.8. 1871, p. 886; David \ Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 345 (1878); Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 107; C. II. T. Marshall, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 420. 



Adult male. General colour above slaty black, the feathers black 

 in the centre with slaty-grey margins; lesser -wing-coverts like 

 the back ; remainder of the coverts black, greater coverts edged with 

 slaty grey, the inner ones tipped with a pale sulphur-yellow spot on 

 the outer web ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, 

 edged with ashy brown, the secondaries with a small mark of pale 

 yellow at the end of the outer web, larger and more sulphur-yellow 

 on the inner secondaries ; the inner primaries with a concealed 

 white spot at the base ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers black ; 

 head, sides of face, and entire throat black ; remainder of under 

 surface of body, from the fore neck downwards, bright yellow ; sides 

 of body spotted with black, the lower flanks edged with black ; 

 thighs black, edged with yellow ; under tail-coverts yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries black, edged with yellow ; quills below 



