rl 



trkkomd.t:. 



head *, rump, upper tail-coverts, and underparts ; hind neck with 

 a slight greyish tinge ; upper breast tinged with russet or rufous ; 

 tibial feathers green edged with white ; under tail-coverts cinnamon, 

 edged with buffy white on the outer webs ; greater wing-coverts 

 olive-green, broadly edged with yellow ; tertiaries olive-yellowish, 

 edged with yellow on the outer webs ; primaries and secondaries 

 black, with narrow yellow edges : under surface of the wing lead- 

 grey ; central tail-feathers very long and acuminate, ashy with the 

 base green, the others ashy with a broad black band across the 

 middle ; tail below black, with a broad apical grey band : " legs 

 bright crimson-pink ; bill pale blue ; irides, inner ring bright ultra- 

 marine-blue, outer ring pink " (Davison). Total length 16 inches, 

 wing 6-6, tail about 7, bill 0'7, tarsus 093. 



Female. Similar to the male, but smaller, and has the breast 

 green with no rufous tinge : the under tail-coverts are of a cinnamon 

 colour mixed with grey, and have the outer webs more extensively 

 white. 



Both male and female have the inner webs of the third and fourth 

 primaries broadened about the middle. 



Hab. Kumaon, Nepal, Assam, and Burmese countries as far as 

 Tenasserim. 



a. S ad. sk. 



b, c. J ad. sk. 

 d, e. (S ad. sk. 



Kuiuaon (Strarfiey). 

 Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). 

 Nepal. 



/, g. 3 2 a d. sk. Nepal. 



h-p. cS ad. et imm. 



q~c . S 2 ad. sk. 



d'-k'. S 2 ad. sk. 

 V. 3 ad. sk. 

 m'. 2 ad. sk. 

 n'. ,5 ad. sk. 

 o'-s'. <$ 2 ad- sk. 



t',u , »'. $ 2 ad. 



sk. 

 w'. $ ad. sk. 



x'. 2 a d. sk. 

 y . <$ ad. sk. 



z , a". 3 2 ad- sk. 



Native Sikkim, Jan., March, 



July (L. Mandelli). 

 Sikkim, Jan., March-June, 



Sept., Dec. (Z. Mandelli). 

 Darjeeling. 

 Darjeeling. 

 Assam (M'Clelland). 

 Suddya, April (J. Cockbnrn). 

 Manipur, Feb., April, Mav 



(A.O.H.). 

 Tonghoo Hills, March [R. G. 



W. R.). 

 Tonghoo Hills. 



Kollidoo, Feb. ( Jl~. Davison i. 

 Salween District, Feb. ( W. 



Davison). 

 Mooleyit, Feb. ( W. Davison). 



India Museum [P.]. 

 India Museum [P.J. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. (Types of 



species.) 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



E. W. Oates, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



* Blyt.li and Jerdon mention a russet tiuge on the crown, which is wanting 

 in all the specimens 1 have seen, and I cannot account for their statement. 



