38. PASSEK. 331 



ashy olive, paler towards the end of the feathers ; bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts black, the latter fringed with brown ; quills blackish, 

 edged with brown, the secondaries with ashy olive, paler towards 

 the ends ; the primaries with a small speculum of light brown, 

 formed by the basal portion of the outer web ; upper tail-coverts 

 dull olive, dusky in the centre ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with 

 ashy olive, the edge of the inner web paler brown ; crown of head 

 and hind neck olive-green, flanked by a broad streak of cinnamon- 

 rufous, which starts from above the eye and widens out on the sides 

 of the nape ; base of forehead olive-yellow, brighter above the eye ; 

 lores and feathers below the eye blackish ; eyelid yellow : cheeks and 

 ear-coverts sulphur-yellow ; throat black ; remainder of under sur- 

 face of body sulphur-yellow, more olivaceous on the sides of the 

 bod}- and flanks ; under tail-coverts sulphur-yellow ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts yellowish, the lower coverts whitish washed 

 with yellow ; quills dusky below, ashy along the inner webs : " bill 

 black ; legs and claws plumbeous flesh-colour ; iris dark hazel- 

 brown " {Oates), Total leugth 4-8 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2*8, 

 tail 2-15, tarsus 0*65. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Brown above, the head 

 as well as the lower back and rump washed with yellowish olive ; 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts dusky 

 blackish, externally pale brown, whity brown at the ends of the 

 feathers, more distinct on the median series ; bastard-wing and pri- 

 mary-coverts dark brown, the latter fringed with olive-brown ; quills 

 brown, edged with ashy brown, the base of the primaries externally 

 whity brown, forming a small speculum, the primaries having also 

 a whitish edging at about a third of the distance from the tip ; tail- 

 feathers light brown, edged with ashy brown ; a narrow eyebrow 

 of pale yellow ; eyelid and feathers below the eye yellowish ; ear- 

 coverts brown, slightly washed with olive-yellow ; under surface of 

 body pale ashy brown, washed with yellow, the throat clearer yel- 

 low : " bill flesh-colour " (Oates). Total length 5-1 inches, culmen 

 0-45, wing 2-55, tail 1-9, tarsus 1-6. 



Young. Resembles the old female, but is rather clearer brown 

 above and brighter yellow below, the margins to the quills and wing- 

 coverts broader and clearer sandy buff. 



Hab. Upper Buruiah, Pegu, Arakan, and Cochin China. 



a. $ ad. sk. Bunuah (Dr. Williams). Hume Coll. 



b. <$ ad. ; c. Juv. Upper Burmah. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [0.]. 

 sk. 



d. 3 ad.sk. Upper Burmah (Jerdon). Gould Coll. 



e. J ad.sk. Thavetmvo. W. T. Blanford [P.]. 



f. g. d ad. sk. Pegu, May 29. Oates Coll. 

 A.' <j> ad. sk. Pegu, June 20. Oates Coll. 

 i. c? ad. sk. Pegu, Jan. 2. Oates Coll. 

 k. J ad. sk. Pegu, Feb. 7. Oates Coll. 



2 ad. ak. Pejru. Oates Coll. 



