74 PAKR1DJE. 



lining glossy blue-lilack : " basal half of upper mandible and frontal 

 shield livid blue, tbe portion near the gape pink ; remainder of upper 

 and whole lower mandible green ; a rose-coloured spot on either 

 side of the base of the upper mandible ; legs, toes, and claws bluish 

 slate-colour; iris brown " (E. W. Gates). Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen D4, wing 6, tail 1*7, tarsus 25, middle toe and claw 3 - 6. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but larger. Total 

 length 11-5 inches, culmen l - 45, wing 7, tail 2, tarsus 2-7, middle 

 toe and claw 3'9. 



Young. Differs from the adult in colour and in the hairy texture 

 of its plumage, the general colour being oily-green, with sandy- 

 rufous edgings to the feathers ; wing-coverts like the back ; lower 

 back and rump barred with rufous and dusky black; crown of head 

 chestnut, with a dusky-black patch from the nape to the mantle ; 

 sides of face white, as also the throat ; breast and abdomen, the 

 ear-coverts, lower throat and fore neck cinnamon-buff; some of the 

 wing-coverts with hoary whitish edgings. 



This seems to be the first plumage of the young bird, the descrip- 

 tion being taken from a specimen still in nestling plumage, in which 

 the tail has not yet appeared. The sandy-coloured edgings to the 

 feathers of the upper parts appear to wear off gradually ; the black 

 on the hind neck becomes more denned and shaded with green, 

 inclining to purple on the mantle ; the lower back and rump become 

 more definitely purple, the rufous bars being confined to the rump ; 

 and the tail is white, varied with zigzag bars of black, the sub- 

 terminal one following the margin of the feather all round, some 

 few feathers being olive-green externally. The bars on the tail are 

 often found broken up, and a chestnut appearance overspreads them, 

 as the moult approaches : this does not take place till the bird is a 

 year old, according to Mr. Hume. 



There is no sign of a winter plumage in this species, and, so far 

 as I can see, the change from the young plumage to that of the 

 adult is effected by a direct moult, without any change in the 

 pattern of the feather whatever. 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



a, h. cfjuv. ; e. 2 Sankheira, Dec. Hume Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 d. 5 imm. sk. Langrez, North Guzerat, Hume Coll. 



Dec. 28 (E. A. Butler). 

 e> f,ff- 6 ad. ; h. Gurgaon District, May 4, Hume Coll. 



9 ad. sk. (A. O.H.). 



i,k. 2 ad. sk. Jhansie, Sept. Hume Coll. 



l,m. d $ ad. sk. Allahabad, Aug. {J.Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn) . 

 n, o. Ad. et juv. sk. Etawah. Hume Coll. 



P> 1- <3 2 a( i- s k- Kheree District, Feb. 14 Seebokni Coll. 



{A. Anderson). 

 r, d ad.; s,t. 2 Oudh. Pmwill Coll. 



ad. ; u. S juv. : 

 v, w. 2 juv. sk. 

 x. 2 ad. sk. Mogul Serai, Jan. 8 ( W. Hume Coll. 



E. Brooks). 



