35. PALJJORNJS. 



457 



(Hodgson). Total length 15-8 inches, wing 6-5, tail 9-3, hill 0-95, 

 tarsus 0-58. 



Female. Wants the dark red -wing-patch. 



Yov.nr/. Head green ; the hlack mandibular stripes and collar 

 (defining the slaty dusky head in the adult) are entirely wanting ; 

 the cheeks brownish green ; on the back of the neck a faint paler 

 green band defines the cap : " both mandibles are of a pale yellowish 

 horny, brownish towards the base of the upper mandible " (Hume). 



Hob. North of India, where it is confined to a narrow zone lying 

 between the bases of the sub-Himalayan ranges and the first high 

 snowy ridge (Hume). 



