46 



TUllKOXID.E. 



(<t) (1857); Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 104, t. 241. f. 1336 (1862); 

 Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 450 (1864); Myth, Ibis, 1867, p. 147; G. E. 

 Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 223, u. 9091 (1870) ; Hume, Nests fy Eyqs, iii. 

 p. 493 (1873) ; id. Sir. Feath. iii. p. 162 (1875) ; Fairb. Sir. Feath. 

 iv. p. 261 (1876) ; Hume, Sir. Feath. vi. p. 414 (1878), viii. p. 109 

 (1879). 

 Osinotreron affinis, Wald. TV. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 213 (1875) ; Tweedd. 

 Orn. Works, p. 376 (1881). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head grey, lighter towards the 

 forehead, and blending on the occiput with the greyish olive-green 

 colour of the hind neck ; sides of the head, including superciliary 

 stripes, and sides of the neck olive- green ; throat distinctly yellow ; 

 mantle and upper wing-coverts purple-chestnut ; lower back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and central tail-feathers olive-yellow ; quills 

 and median and greater wing-coverts black ; median and greater 

 wing-coverts and also the secondaries with bright yellow edges ; 

 under surface of the quills and under wing-coverts lead-grey, the 

 latter tinged with greenish; underparts olive-yellow ; tin nks olive, 

 with broad yellowish edges to the feathers ; tibial feathers olive ; 

 under tail-coverts cinnamon, the basal ones yellowish buff with 

 greyish-green bases ; lateral tail-feathers grey, with a black band 

 about the middle, the innermost ones with the bases of the inner 

 webs olive; tail below blackish, with a broad grey apical band: 

 "soft basal part of the bill is glaucous green, tip ashy ; iris blue, 

 with an outer ring of pink or lake-red " (Fairbank) ; " feet pinky red " 

 (Jerdori). Total length about 10"5 inches, wing 5'75, tail 4, bill 0*6, 

 tarsus 0"8. 



Female. Differs from the male in having no maroon on the back 

 and upper wing-coverts, which are olive, and the under tail-coverts 

 whitish, irregularly marked or banded with greyish olive. 



Hab. Indian Peninsula. 



a. <5 Ad. sk. Madras. 



b, c. <$ 2 ad. s k- Madras. 



d, e. <$ ad. sk. Travancore. 



/'. c? ad. sk. 



g-k. 6 2 ai1 - sl{ - 



'/, m. 2 ad. sic. 



n, o. c? 2 ad. sk. 



p. 2 ad- sk. 



q, r. S 2 ad. sk. 



s. J ad. sk. 



t, u, v. <3 2 ad. sk. 



w. $ ad. sk. 



x-c'. <$ 2 ad. et 



jnv. sk. 

 d'. 2 ad. sk. 



e',f. d 2 ad. sk. 



Asimboo, Jan. 



Anjango, Dec. 



Coorg. 



Malabar. 



Calicut. 



Coonoor,Sept.(.R.G.JF..R.: 



Nilghiris, Oct. 



Kullas, Oct. 



Kotagherrv, Oct. (Miss 

 Cockburn). 



Wynaad, May ( W. Dan- 

 son ). 



Ahmednuggar, Sept. (S. 

 L>. Fairbank). 



S. Konkan, Jan. (G. 

 Vidal). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Rev. II. II. Baber [P.]. 



F. W. Bourdillon, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



