11. MEGAL^MA. 53 



vax-yellow, the former white at tip of lower mandible, dark horny 

 to the end of the upper mandible; legs and feet dirty sap-green, 

 claws horny ; iris dark brown" {C. T. Bingham). Total length 13 

 inches, culmen 1-65, wing o-o, tail 3-7, tarsus 1-3. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male. Total length 11-2 inches, 

 culmen 1-8, wing 5-0, tail 3-6, tarsus 1-35. 



The specimens from the Karen Hills show little or no appearance 

 of streaks on the hind neck. Birds from the Tonghoo Hills have 

 some narrow yellow streaks on this part, and the Tenasserim ones 

 are rather distinctly streaked with yellow or green. 



Hah. Hills of Southern China, extending into the Eurmese and 

 Tenasserim Hills. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Karen Hills (i?. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Karen Hills, Jan. 9 (R. G. TV. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Karen Hills, Aug. (R. G. TV. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 

 e,f. 2 ad. sk. Tonghoo Hills, April (R. G. Tweeddale CoU. 



ir. R.). 



ff. 2 ad. sk. Near KoUidoo, Feb. ( TV. Davison). Hume Coll. 



/', i. d ? ad. sk. Kyouknyat, Jan. ( TV. Davison). Hume Coll. 



k. d ad.sk. Thoungyeen River, Nov. 27 (C. Hume Coll. 



T. Bingham). 



I. 2 ad. sk. Myawadee, Jan. 17 ( JF. Davison). Hume CoU. 



m. 2 ad. sk. Foochow, China {R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



«. cJ ad. sk. Tingchow, Dec. (i2. -S'M-/«^oe). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Megalaema marshallorum. 



? Le Grand Earbu, Levaill. Ois. (VAfr. i. 1800, p. 5-j, pi. 20. 



Bucco grandis, Guuld, Cent. Himal. B. 1832, pi. 46. 



Megalaima grandis, Graij., List Gen. B. App. 1842, p. 12 : Hume 



Kesfs ^- Eggs Inch B. 1873, p. 128. 

 Megalaima virens (nee Bodd.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, 



p. 66 ; Hori'f. S)- Moore, Cat. B. 3Ius. E.I. Co. ii. 1856, p. 636 ; 



Moore, P. Z. S. 18.58, p. 47-5 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. 1862, p. 308 ; Gof- 

 Jin, Mm. Pags-Bas, Buccoues, 18C3, p. 13 ; Grag, List Capit. Brit. 



Mvs. 1868, p. 5 ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 1870, p. 173, no. 8422. 

 Megaljema virens {nee Bodd.), Irhy, Ibis, 1861, p. 229; Beavan, Ibis, 



18(55, p. 411 ; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 201 ; Petz. t. e. p. .320 ; Beavan, 



Ibis, 1869, p. 415 ; Marshall, Monogr. Capit. p. 33, pi. 16; Salvi. 



Cat. Strickl. Cvll. 1882, p. 445. 



Lucknow Mus. 1886, p. 36 ; Hume, Sir. F. xi. 1888, p. 66, 



Adult male. General colour above brown with a riiddv tinge • 

 scapulars like the back ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 grass-green, with paler green edges; wing-coverts like the back, 

 those round the edges of the wing gieea or greenish blue, pale 

 greenish towards the base; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 



