U. r.KPTEKODIUS. 



ir 



(A. 0. flwme). Total length about 24 inches, culmen 4, wing 11-3, 

 tail 4-1, tarsus 4" 15. 



Adult femule. Similar in plumago to the male and having the 

 same decorative plumes : " bill pale orange, tleshj' at base of lower 

 mandible ; legs and feet greenish yellow below tarsus at joint, 

 upwards blackiNh slate ; iris pale straw-colour " {E. A. Butler). 

 Total lengtli about 22 inches, culmen t3"8, wing 11"3, tail 3*7, 

 tarsus 3"9. 



As with L.rfHlnris, the winter plumage is much darker and more 

 slaty black than the summer plumage. 



The white phase possesses just the same ornamental plumes as 

 the grey phase : " upper mandible wood-brown, the lower one dull 

 yellow ; feet yellow, the base of the tarsi and some patches greenish 

 yellow ; lores slaty greenish-yellow ; orbital space more hoary ; iris 

 bright }-ellow " (K A. Butler). 



Youiuj birds are very much paler and more pearly grey than the 

 adults, and have of course no ornamental plumes on the lower back 

 or on the nape. In addition to the white chin and upper throat, 

 the centre of the lower throat is mottled with ashy white, and the 

 long feathers of the fore-neck are ashy with white centres ; there is 

 also a good deal of white on the abdomen, and the bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts are for the most part white. One specimen 

 collected by Colonel Butler at Mandavce is of a beautiful slaty blue, 

 with the ornamental feathers well developed, and yet has one iving 

 ivitJi the fourth and jifth prima ries entirely wJiite like the primarij- 

 corerts and hastard-wing. " Bill brown above, yellowish flesh- 

 colour below ; feet and half the tarsus green ; upper part of tarsus 

 and thigh black ; orbital skin yellowish green ; iris pale straw- 

 colour " {E. A. Buthr). 



Hah. Western coast of the Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf 

 to Siud, and south to Ceylon and the Laccadive Islands. 



a. Jiiv. sk. [t. 4-.3]. 



ft-e. Ad. etjuv. alb. 



sk. [t. 3-8.5-4-3]. 



/. $juv.sk.[t.3-8j. 



y. 2 ad. sk. [t. 3-4]. 



h. 2 ad. sk. [t. 3-4]. 



i. 2 ad. sk. [t. 3-9]. 



k-o. S ad. [t. 3-8- 

 445] ; p-u. 2 

 ad. at juv. sk. 

 [t. 3-45-3'8]. 



1-. 2jiiv.sk. [t. 44]. 



w. S inim. sk. 



[t. 3-85]. 

 .r. Imm. sk. [t. 3-7]. 



Fao, Persian Gulf. 



Fao, Oct. 



Muscat. 



Mandavee, Jan. 2-5 {E. A. 



Butler). 

 Soumiani, Mekran Coast, 



Feb. 2 (E. A. Butler). 

 Gwader, Mekran Coast, 



Feb. 18 {A. 0. H.). 

 Karachi, Sind, Feb. {A. 



O. II.). 



Karachi, Aug. 7 (E. A. 



Butler). 

 Karachi (Dr. Gotdd). 



P Deccan (Sijkes). 



W. D. Gumming, Esq. 



[P.J. 

 \V. D. Gumming, Esq. 



[P.-J. 

 Colonel Mills [P.]. 

 Hiune Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum. 



India Museum. 



(Type of I), rrs/ui.;' 



