6. STEKNA. 



115 



shorter tail-streamers; the primaries darker on their terminal 

 portions, owing to the disappearance of the frosting, until the new 

 quills appear. 



Iminature. Like the above, but dull white on the crown and 

 the front of the lores ; primaries still darker, the outer shaft always 

 white, the other shafts dusky ; upper wing-coverts dark grey ; tail- 

 feathers greyish, and the streamers not much prolonged : bUl dark 

 brown, tarsi and toes ochreous. 



Youwj. Forehead huffish white, crown with black streaks which 

 become confluent on the nape ; upper parts mottled and barred with 

 bufhsh brown on a dull grey ground ; bill horn-colour ; feet ochre- 

 yellow. AVhen the bird is barely fledged the buff-colour predominates 

 on the upper surface. 



Hah. Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, Burma, Malacca, and Malayasia to 

 New Guinea ; Australia down to New South Wales ; the Philippine 

 Islands, and the China Seas up to Japan. 



a-c. cJ 2 ad. ; d. 

 Juv. ; e. 2 vix 

 ad. ; /. Imm. sk. 



g. S juv. sk. 



h. (S ad. sk. 



i. (5 ad. sk. 



k. cT ad. sk. 

 I. (S imm. sk. 



m. 5 innii- sk. 

 )t, 0. S vix ad. sk. 



p. Imm. sk. 



q. 2 imm. sk. 

 r. 2 vi-^ ^*i- sl^' 



s. 2 vix ad. sk. 

 t, u. Imm. sk. 

 v-T. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 p. Imm. slv. 

 z. Imm. sk. 

 a'. Imm. sk. 



b'-d'. Imm. sk. 

 e'. Ad. sk. 

 /"'. Imm. sk. 

 ff', h' . Imm. sk. 



«', h' . Imm. ; /', ?«'. 



Juv. sk. 

 M, 0. Imm. sk. 



p . Ad. sk. 



Ilambantotta, S.E. Cevlon, 

 June 30 and July ( W. V. 

 Legc/e). 



Kodiar Bav, Cevlon, Oct. 



S.E. Ceylon, June {W. V. 

 L.). 



S.E. Ceylon, Jidy ( W. V. L.). 



Burmah {E. W. 0.\ 

 Lower Pegu, April (£". 



W. 0.). 

 Tongboo, April {E. G. 



Wardlaiv lianisay). 

 Salangore Coast, March ( W. 



Davison). 

 Ja^a {Hors field). 

 Matu River, Borneo, Aug. 

 Santubong Bay, Borneo, 



Aug. 

 Baram, Borneo, Sept. 

 Celebes. 

 N. Australia. 



Port Darwin. 



Ton-es Straits. 



Cape York, Nov. 12, 1849 



{J. Macgillicrmi). 

 Cape York (Cuckerell). 

 North Australia. 

 Queensland. 

 Amoy. China, Aug. {R. 



Sivinhoe). 

 Amov, Aug., Sept., Oct. 



(R. S.). 

 S.W. Formosa, Aug. 1861 



(R.S.). 

 Loo-clioo Islands, June 1, 



188G. 



H. Saunders Coll. 



PL Saunders Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gates Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



E. India Mus. [P.]. 

 A. H. Everett Coll. 

 A. H. Everett Coll. 



A. H. Everett Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Toy. H.M.S.' Rattle- 

 snake.' 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohni Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



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