70 CAPITONID^. 



nape; forehead scarlet; lores black like the eyebrows, as well as 

 the feathers round and below the eye ; ear-coverts hoary grey, 

 extending over the hinder cheeks and across the lower throat ; fore 

 part of cheeks, chin, and upper throat golden yellow ; remainder of 

 under surface from the fore neck downwards light yellowish green ; 

 under wing-coverts yellowish isabeUine, washed with green ; quills 

 below blackish, yellowish along the inner edge : " biU black, grey 

 at base ; feet green, claws dusky ; iris brown " {J. Scully). Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 1, wing 2-9, tail 2-5, tarsus 1. 



Young. Like the adult, but with all the bright colours feebly 

 developed ; head dull golden yellow with scarlet on the forehead and 

 nape ; the grey on the sides of the face and throat not developed, 

 the latter washed with yellow, the lower throat green washed with 

 blue. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, and Manipur. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



(Types of B. igniceps.) 

 c-g. Ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). 



h. Ad. St. Behar. Hodgson Coll. 



i. (S ad. sk. Nepal VaUey, May 21 {J. Hume Coll. 



Scully). 



k. Ad. sk. Dolaka, Nepal, Jan. (L. Man- Hume Coll. 



delli). 



l-p. Ad. sk. Sikhim, Jan., May, Dec. (i. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 



q-y. Ad. sk. Darjeeling. Hume Coll. 



z. Juv. sk. Darjeeling. Tweeddale CoU. 



a. Ad. sk. Assam {A. W. Chennelt). Tweeddale Coll, 



V . Ad. sk. Shillong {J. Cockbiirn). Hume CoU. 



c'. (S ad. sk. Naga Hills, March 19 {A. Tweeddale Coll. 



W. Chemiell). 



d', e'. Ad. sk. Khasia Hills (Griffith). India Museum. 



f-i'. c? ad. ; k'. Aimole, Manipur, April (A. Hume Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 0. H). 



I'-o'. S ad. ; p'- Machi, Manipur, May {A. Hume Coll. 

 $'. $ ad. sk. O. H). 



9. Cyanops ramsayi. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Megalaema ramsayi, Wald. Ann. {<f Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xv. p. 400 

 (1875) ; id. in Myth, B. Burm. p. 74 (1875) ; Hume, Str.F. 1875, 

 p. 402 ; Wardlatv Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 457 ; Hume Sf Davison, 

 Str. F. vi. 1878, p. 152; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 88 ; Sakad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v. p. 5G1 (1888). 



Cyanops ramsayi, Oates, B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 135 (1883) ; Sharpe, 

 P.Z.S. 1887, p. 442. 



Adult male. Similar to C asiatica, but distinguished by the 

 colour of the eyebrow, which is hoary grey like the ear- coverts, and 

 not black ; bill black, basal portion of maxilla and lower part of 

 mandible slaUfe-colour : " legs dirty greenish white ; iris nut-brown " 

 (War-dlaw Ramsay). Total length 8 inches, culmen 1, wing 3"75, 

 tail 2-36, tarsus 0-95. 



