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cheeks bright green ; fore part of cheeks with a bright yellow spot ; 

 chin and upper throat bright scarlet; lower throat with a patch of 

 cobalt-blue ; a scarlet spot on the sides of the fore neck ; remainder 

 of the underparts emerald-green, more yellowish green on the 

 breast ; under tail-coverts green ; under wing-coverts yellowish white 

 washed with green ; edge of the wing green ; quills below dusky, 

 yellowish along the inner edges : " bill black ; orbital skin dark 

 greenish or greenish brown ; legs and feet very pale bluish or horny 

 green; iris deep hrov^n" (W. Davison). Total length 8'5 inches, 

 culmen 1-4, wing 3-85, tail 2-2, tarsus 1-0, 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 7*8 

 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 3- Go, tail 2-6, tarsus 1'05. 



Young birds have a pale base to the bill and a yellow or greenish- 

 yellow throat. The colour of the green plumcige is always more 

 dingy than in the adults, the forehead is yellowish green, inclining 

 to bluish or emerald-green on the vertex : the scarlet patch on the 

 binder crown is at first orange-yellow. There is no black above the 

 eye, but there is an eyebrow of cobalt- blue, and a patch of that 

 colour below the eye and on the fore part of the cheeks. Between 

 the young plumage with the yellow throat and that with the 

 throat scarlet, the Museum series shows every possible gradation, 

 and Count Salvadori's exposition of their changes of dress in his 

 ' Uccelli di Eorneo " is undoubtedly correct, nor does there seem to be 

 any exact sequence in the acquisition of the bright colours and 

 markings. The scarlet patch on the hinder crown is certainly 

 acquired very soon, accompanied by a yellow forehead aud emerald- 

 green vertex, and the yellow cheek-spot and black mark above the 

 ear-coverts appear to be the last to be donned. The red spot on 

 either side of the fore neck is often absent. 



Hah. From the southern half of the Teuasserim province, tlirough 

 the Malayan Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo. 



(/. $ juv. sk. Mergui, July 11 ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



b, c. (S ad. sk. Paliw-ton-ton, Dec. ( W. Davi- Himie Coll. 



)son). 

 (I. (S ad. sk. South of Yea,, ApriU ( W.Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 

 e. S ad. sk. Haukachiu, Feb. G ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



soii). 

 /, fj. S fid. sk. Foot of N'walabo, April ( IV. Hume Coll. 



Davison), 

 h b'. (S ad. et Banka^oon, March to June ( W. Hume Coll. 

 juv.; c'-h'. 2 Davison). 

 ad. et juv. sk. 

 i'.(Jiid.;lc',r. Malewoon, Feb., April, June Hume Coll. 



2 juv. sk. ( W. Davison). 



t»', n'. Ad. sk. Malewoon, Feb., March. Gates Coll. 



o',j>'- 2 imni.sk. Kossonm, Ainil (J. Darlinf/). Hume Coll. 

 (/. Iniin. sk. Penang. Wallace Coll. 



»•', i<'. 2 iiiini. Salangore, July ( Jl'. Davison). Hume Coll. 



sk. 

 ('. Ad. sk. Malacca {Charlton). Eyton Coll. (Type 



of B. qtuidrivolor.) 



