62 TRERONID^. 



ones with a broad subterminal black band, a trace of tbe same on 

 the central feathers ; tail with a narrow grey tipping ; tail below 

 black, with a narrow grey tipping : "irides with three rings, the 

 outer one rose-pink, the next Prussian blue, the innermost ultra- 

 marine-blue; bill pale plumbeous ; cere dirty yellow ; feet carnation 

 pink, or pale lake-red " (Davison). Total length 10-75 to 11 inches, 

 wing 5-25 to 5-85, tail 3-5 to 4, bill 056, tarsus 0-83. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the head, neck, and 

 breast green, with a dull yellowish tinge on the forehead, sides of 

 the head, throat, and breast ; besides the under tail-coverts are 

 huffish white, more or less suffused, generally on the inner web, but 

 sometimes on both, with pale dull cinnamon, which again is often 

 freckled or powdered in patches with dark grey or greenish grey ; 

 no grey on the head, no vinous colour round the neck, and no orange 

 patch on the breast. 



Young male. Eesembles the female, but with some trace of the 

 vinaceous purple colour on the neck, and of the brown orange on the 

 breast. 



Young female. Has the rufescent colour of the upper tail-coverts 

 scarcely visible, and the central tail-feathers more or less tinged 

 with green. 



Some specimens have the forehead and throat more or less tinged 

 with greenish, but they are not confined to a particular locality. 



1 have seen in the Museum of Paris a variety entirely of a 

 canary-yellow. 



Hab. Siam aud Cochinchina, south of Tenasserim, Malay Penin- 

 sula, and also Sumatra, Xias, Bangka, Billiton, Java, Sumbawa, 

 Borneo, the Philippines, Sulu Islands, and Celebes. 



a. <5 ad. sk. Siarn (Mouhot). Gould Coll. 



b, c. S ad. sk. Siam. Purchased. 



(/. S ad. sk. Siam. Seebohm Coll. 



e,f, g. 2 ad. sk. Cochinchina. M. St. Pierre [P.]. 



h. $ ad. sk. Cainbodja. Tweeddale Coll. 



i-o. <S 2 ad.sk. Mergui, Jan., Feb., Nov., Dec. Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



p. A ad. st. Tenasserim. J. D. C. Packman, 



Esq. [P.] 



q-t. A 2 ad.sk. Pakchan, Jan. ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



u, v. $ ad. sk. Bankasoon, April ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son), 



w-b'. A 2 a d- et Malawoon, Jan., Feb., April Hume Coll. 



2 juv. sk. ( W. Davison). 



c'-f. A 2 ad. et Kossoon, April, May, July Hume Coll. 



2 juv. sk. (J. Darling). 



</', h'. <$ ad. sk. Selangore, Dec, Jan. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison), 



i'-q' . c? ad. sk. Klang, Jan., Feb., March, Hume Coll. 



May- July (TV. Davison). 



r. S ad. sk. Pinang (Cantor). India Museum [P.]. 



s'. d ad. sk. Pinang. Wallace Coll. 



t'. 2 ad. sk. Pinang ( Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



