84 CAPITONII)^. 



(1863), pt. ; Gray, List Cnpit. Brit. Mus. p. 13 f 1868) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 175, no. 3459 (1870) ; Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. p. 130 



(1873). 

 Me<?al£ema viridis, Marshall, Monogr. Capit. p. 81, pi. 35 (1871) ; 



Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 439 ; Fairb. Str. F. 1876, p. 255; Hume, 



t. c. p. 391 ; Fairb. Str. F. 1877, p. 396; Davids. Sf Wend. Sir. F. 



vii. 1875, p. 78 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 88 ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. 



1880, p. 545 ; Butler, t. c. p. 387 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bvmb. Pres. p. 25 



(1880) ; Beid, Cat. Lucknotu Mus. p. 36 (1886) ; Davidson, Str. F. 



X. 1887, pp. 298, 358 ; Taylor, t. c. p. 458 ; McGregor, t. c. p. 437 ; 



Terry, t. c. p. 471. 

 Mep-alsema svkesi, Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 125 ; Hume, Str. F. 



1873, p. 4l9. 



Adult male. Bright grass-green ; wing-coverts like the back ; 

 quills dusky blackish, externally green, the inner secondaries uni- 

 form green washed with blue, the primaries yellowish towards the 

 end of the outer web; head all round, hind neck, and entire under 

 surface of body hoary whitish, the feathers edged with light brown, 

 a little darker on the head, fore neck, and breast ; hind neck very 

 distinctly streaked with brown and slightly tinted with green ; the 

 mantle-feathers green, with yellowish shaft-lines ; sides of body and 

 flanks bright green, edged with darker green ; thighs and under 

 tail-coverts uniform green ; under wing-coverts yellowish buff : quills 

 dusky below, yellowish along the inner web : "bill pale brown, 

 darkening at tip of upper mandible ; legs and feet greenish plum- 

 beous ; iris dark brown " (E. A. Butler). Total length 9*o inches, 

 culmen 1*35, wing 4-5, tail 2"95, tarsus 1"15. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 9 inches, 

 culmen 1-15, wing 4-6, tail 2-9, tarsus Tl. 



ffab. Southern India. 



a. (S ad. sk. Matheran, Feb. 3 (Hayes Lloyd). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type of 3L sykesi.) 



b-e. Ad. sk. Matheran, April, Nov. Hume Coll. 



f-h. S ? ad. sk. Mahableshwar, May {S. B. Fair- Hume Coll. 



bank). 



i, k. cJ ad. sk. Khandala, March, April (S. B. Tweeddale Coll. 



Fairbattk). 



I. Ad. sk. Western Ghats, Dec. 17. Hume Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. S. Konkan, Nov. 7 (G. Vidal). Hurae CoU. 



n-p. cJ $ ad. sk. Belgaum, Feb., Aug., Oct. (F. A. Hume Coll. 



Butler). 



q-8. Ad. sk. Deccan {Sykes). India Museum. 



t. cJad.sk. Mysore. Seehohm Coll. 



«. Ad. sk. Madras. Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



V. c? ad. ; rv. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, June, Dec. Hume Coll. 



cJ imm. sk. {3Ii.ss Cockhurn). 



X, y. dad. sk. Coonoor, Nilghiris, Jan., April Hume Coll. 



(W. Davi.son). 



z. 5 ad. sk. Coonoor, Feb. 4 (F. Day). Hume Coll. 



a'. Ad. sk. Coonoor Ghat, April (B. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



W. R.). 



