3. iNocoTia. 18 



(1855) ; ElUot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 492; Damdson Sf Wenden, Sir. F. 

 ■vii. p. 32 (1878: Deccan ; breediufr) ; Doi(j, t. c. pp. .372, 377 

 (E. Narra; breedinf?) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 114 (1879) ; Butler, 

 Cat. B. Sindetc. p. 71 (1879 : Sind ; Cutcli ; Guzerat; Kathiawar) ; 

 id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 85 (1880: not in Konkan or near 

 Belgaum) ; id. Str. F. ix. p. 435 (1881) ; Beid, Str. F. x. p. 77 

 (1881: Lucknow; resident); Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 324 (1882: 

 W. Kliandeish); Davison, Str. F. x. p. 417 (1883: Wynaad ; 

 ? breeding) ; Swink. ^ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 136 (Mliow) ; 

 McGregor, Str. F. x. p. 442 (1887: S. Mahratta country; cold 

 weather) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests Sf Fijgs Ind. B. iii. p. 228 

 (1890). 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive-brown, with a 

 shade of steel-blue, principally on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 wing-coverts black, glossed with steel or purplish blue, the quills 

 also externally of the same colour, excepting the inner secondaries, 

 which are olive-brown like the back ; on the inner coverts adjoining 

 the scapulars a large patch of white feathers, some of which have 

 purplish-blue spots near the ends ; tail steel-blue, shaded with 

 purple, and steel-green below ; face, throat, and crown bare, the 

 hinder crown covered with papilla3 ; neck all round and under 

 surface of body dark earthy brown ; he under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries blackish brown, glossed with steel-blue or steel-green ; 

 inner aspect of quills bronzy green ; under tail-eoverts also washed 

 with oily or bronzy green : " bill greenish leaden ; legs and feet 

 brick-red; iris dull orange-red" (T. C. Jerdon). Total length 27 

 inches, culmen 6-1, wing 15-7, tail 7'8, tarsus 2-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour and with the papillae 

 on the crown equally developed : " bill greenish horny ; legs and 

 feet dusky red, the joints black; iris orange" ((?. King). Total 

 length 28 inches, culmen 5'6, wing 15-7, tail 7'5, tarsus 2"9. 



Young. Distinguished from the adults by having the crown 

 partially feathered, the brown feathers extending from the hind- 

 neck on to the centre of the crown in a point. The plumage is 

 also varied with brown or sandy-coloured margins to the feathers. 



Hab. Indian Peninsula ; Borneo. 



a. Ad. sk. Kutch (Dr. Stoliczka). Hume Coll. 



h, c. S ad. ; d, e. Sambhur, Nov., Dec, March Hume Coll. 

 2 ad.et juv. sk. (B. M. Adam). 



f. Juv. sk. _ Hissar, Oct. 2. Hume Coll. 



g, h. Ad. et imm. Sirsa, cold season. Hume CoU 

 sk. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Kumaon Ehabur, March 25 Hume Coll. 



(G. King), 



k, I. Ad. sk. Etawah, Nov. Hume Coll. 

 H?. c? ad. sk. Gondah, Oudh, Nov. 17 [R. Hume Coll. 



M. Adam). 



n. c? ad. sk. Oudh, Dec. Hume Coll. 



o-s. Ad.sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



t. Ad. sk. Darjiling (Pearson). India Museum. 



u. Ad. sk. Bhutan (Pemberton). India Museum. 



V, tv. Ad. sk. Deccan (Sijkes). India Museum. 



