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'2. Cyanops davisoni. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Megaliiima davisoui, Hume, Str. F. v. 1877, p. 108. 



Megidsema davisoni, Hume ^ Davison, Str. F. vi. 1878, p. 1.51 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. 1S79, p. 88; Einglmn, Str. F. ix. 1880, 

 p. 165 ; Snlvad. A)i>/. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v. 1888, p. 562. 



Cyanops davisoni, Gates, Handh. R. Brit. Burm. ii. 1883, p. 134. 



Adult male. Similar to C. asintica, but smaller, and distinguished 

 by the band across the vertex, which is verditer-blue instead of 

 black ; above the blue eyebrow a line of black, widening out above 

 the ear-coverts. Total length 8'25 inches, culmen 1, wing 3-7, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 1-05. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 7'5 inches, 

 culmen 0-95, wing 2-6, tail 2-25, tarsus 1-05. 



IJab. Ileplaces the foregoing species in Central Tenasserim. 



a-c. 2 ad. sk. Thenganee Sakan, Jan. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison), 

 d-h. ^ ad. ; i-n. Thoungya, Sept., Oct. (J. Dar- Hume Coll. 



2 ad. et juv. Ung). 



sk. 

 o. c? ad.sk. Assoon, Feb. 2 (7F. imio)-^). . Tweeddale Coll. 



p. V ad. sk. Meplay, March 16 (C. T. Bing- Hume Coll. 



ham). 

 q, r. (5 ad. ; s. Houngthraw River, Feb. ( W. Tweeddale Coll. 



2 ad. sk. Limborg). 



t-u\ (S ad. sk. Meetau, Feb. ( W. Davisoti). Hume Coll. 



3. Cyanops flavifrons. 



Le Barbu a front d'Or, Levaill. II. X. Barbus, p. 129, pi. 55 (180G). 



Bucco flavifrous, Cuvier, Bigne Amni. i. p. 428, note (1817). 



Biicco aurifrous, Temm. Bl. Col. iii. tixte genre liarbu, esp. 12 



(1831). 

 Megalaima flavifrons, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 429 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 143 (1850); Kvlaart, P)-odr. Cat. p. 127 (1852); Layard, 



Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist (2) xiii. p. 447 (1854); Goffin, Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 23 (1863); Gray, List Capit. Brit. 



Mus. p. 8 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. lt4, no. 8444 (1870) ; 



Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 429 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 204. 

 Cyanops flavifrons, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 014 (1862) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 



p. 297 ; Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 15. 

 Megalicma flavifrons, Marshall, Monoyr. Capit. p. 69, pi. 30 (1871); 



Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 370 (1878), 1879, p. 88 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, 



p. 212, pi. 10. fig. 2 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above dark grass-green ; wing- 

 coverts a little deeper green than the back; bastard-wing, primarj-- 

 coverts, and quills blackish, externally green, the primaries edged 

 with yellow near the end of the outer web ; tail-feathers green 

 above, blue below : crown of head dusky greenish, with shaft- 

 streaks of golden yellow ; the hind neck, upper mantle, and sides 

 of neck green with greenish- white longitudinal centres to tbe 



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