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edges to the feathers ; wing-coverts like the back, the external ones 

 a little more bluish green ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills blackish, externally green ; the primaries yellowish towards 

 the end of the outer web ; inner secondaries like the back ; tail- 

 feathers green above, bluish below ; a broad frontal band and a 

 streak above and below the eye crimson ; across the vertex a 

 narrower band of black, extending to behind the eye and in a 

 narrow line behind the red spot below the latter ; loral band 

 extending down the throat entii-ely black ; sides of the face, ear- 

 coverts, and cheeks light hoary blue, the fore part of the cheeks 

 with a crimson spot, followed by a shade of bright yellow, which 

 also skirts the throat, which is bright crimson, mixed with black 

 on the lower throat, and is followed by a shade of bright yellow 

 on the fore neck; remainder of the under surface of body pale 

 green, mottled with darker green centres to the feathers of the 

 sides of the breast, sides of body, and flanks ; thighs and under tail- 

 coverts light green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellowish, 

 green near the edge of the wing ; quills below dusky, yellowish 

 along the inner edge. Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0"6, wing 

 3'25, tail 1'35, tarsus 0"7o. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0"6, wing 3'05, tail I'oo, tarsus 0-75. 



Young. Green all over, with a yellow tinge on the forehead and 

 a wash of orange on the throat and sides of the face ; breast and 

 abdomen pale green. 



ITah. Southern India. 



a. Ad. sk. S. India. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Cardamum IliUs, Travancore, 



Feb. 21 {H.J. Ehves). 



c. 9 jiiv. sk. Kendara, West base of Palani 



Hills, April 15 {S. B. Fair- 

 bank). 



d. 5 ad. sk. Western Ghats, Mysore, July 2. 

 e^. tS ad. et Wynaad, March-May, Dec. ( W. 



juv. ; q-v. 2 Darison). 



ad. et juv. sk. 

 w. cJ ad. sk. KaroH, Wynaad, May 13 C ff. 



Daviso?)). 

 .v-a'. S ad. sk. Tillichiri, Madras, Oct. (li. G. 



W. R.). 

 b'-g'. Ad. sk. Chawachiri, Madras, Aug. & Oct. 



{R. G. W. R.). 

 h'. Ad. sk. Madras ( Wright). 



Eyton Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 India Museum. 



5. Xantholsema rosea. 



Le Barbu rose-gorge, Leraill. Hist. Nat. Ois. Paradis, ii. p. 75, 



33 (1806). 

 Bucco roseus, Dmnont, Diet. Set. Nat. (1st ed.) iv. p. 52 (1806, 



e.r Levaill.) ; Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 428 (1817). 



