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Cjanops hodgsoui, Oafes, IlamJh. B. Brit. Btirm. n. p. 182 (1883). 

 Ciiotorhea viridis (iiec Bocld.), I'orderm. Nat. TicUchr. Nederl. Ind. 

 xlvi. p. 7'i (1887). 



Adult. Above grass-groen, with yellowish-white centres to the 

 feathers on the mantle and n])per back ; wings green like the back, 

 the primaries externall}- olive-yellow towards their ends ; tail- 

 feathers green above, bluish below ; crown of head hoary whitish, 

 with brown edges to the feathers, producing a streaked appearance, 

 very strongly pronounced on the hind neck ; lores, feathers round 

 the eye, and sides of face whitish ; the ear-coverts, hind cheeks, and 

 sides of neck streaked with brown, with which colour the feathers 

 are edged ; throat uniform whitish or with only a few brown 

 streaks ; fore neck and entire breast whitish, with broad margins 

 of brown, producing a streaked and mottled appearance ; sides of 

 the breast and flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts light emerald- 

 green, slightly streaked with darker green edges to the feathers ; 

 under wing-coverts yellowish white, with dusky brown edges to 

 the feathers ; quills dark brown below, yellowish along the inner 

 web : " bill horny yellow ; orbits deep yellow ; iris deep brown and 

 reddish brown ; feet fleshy yellow, claws dusky brown at bases " 

 (J. Scully). Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 5-7, tail 

 3*55, tarsus 1*3. 



It seems to me absolutely impossible to draw the line between 

 C. hodgsoni and C. lineata of Java. Messrs. Marshall state in their 

 ' Monograph ' that the difference lies in the smaller size and darker 

 streaking below of the Javan bird ; but some specimens from Teuas- 

 serim are even darker than those from Java, and there are others 

 which exactly resemble the true C. hodgsoni of the Dhoon. As 

 regards size little can be said, as will be seen from the following 

 measurements, which could be multiplied to any extent. All that 

 can be said is that the Himalayan birds are the larger, and that the 

 species diminishes in size to the eastward until its smallest form is 

 reached in Java. 



Total 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in. in. 



a. Ad.sk. Kaladoongi, Dhoon 10-.5 1-3 .5-45 3-4 MS 



*. Ad. BusaDoars 98 1-45 5-3 3-2 1-2 



c. c? ad. Younzaleen, Tenasserim... 102 1-2 4-85 3-0 1-2 



d. c? ad. Kaukaryit, Tenasserim ... 9-8 M5 4-95 3-1 1-25 



e. S ad. Kaukaryit, Tenasserim ... 94 1-2.5 4-75 29 lib 



f. Ad. Java 10 1-3 4-55 2-75 Tl 



.?. c^ ad. Java 9-5 135 4-5 2-95 115 



h. 2 ad. Java 90 115 4-fi 2-9 11 



Hab. Himalayas to Assam and the Burmese countries, and re- 

 occurring in Java. 



a. Ad. sk. Simla, Sept. lo. Hume Coll. 



6-rf. Ad. sk. KnmKon {Strache;/). India Museum. 



e-g. Ad. sk. Kaladoongi, Sept. Hume Coll. 



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