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under surface of the quills dark brown, with some white on the 

 basal portion of the inner webs of some of the feathers ; these white 

 marks sometimes entirely absent : " bill orange-yellow ; iris red, 

 eyelids green, the edges red ; mouth orange ; legs greenish brown ; 

 claws black" {E. W. Oates). Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 4, tail 3, tarsus 0'6. 



Adult female. Above coppery bronze shaded with green, and with 

 somewhat obscure rufous edges to most of the feathers of the wing ; 

 sides of the head and eyebrows white, barred with black ; forehead 

 partially mottled with these coloui's ; remainder of the crown and 

 back of the neck nearly uniform dark brown ; centre pair of tail- 

 feathers nearly uniform fiery bronze, passing into green towards 

 their ends ; remainder of the feathers rufous, barred with black, 

 and the outer web and tip of the exterior pair blotched with white ; 

 underparts, including the under wing-coverts, white, regularly barred 

 with bronzy brown, passing into black on the under tail-coverts ; 

 under surface of the quills brown, with broad inner margins of buff, 

 passing into white near the base of the feathers. Total length 6 '6 

 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3'0, tail 28, tarsus 0-55. 



Young. Above rufous ; back of the neck, back, and wing-coverts 

 barred with metallic green ; quills greenish brown, edged with 

 rufous ; two centre tail-feathers metallic green, tipped with rufous, 

 remainder rufous, barred with black and tipped with white and with 

 some white bars on the outer feathers ; beneath white, barred with 

 bronze ; bill yellowish brown. Total length 5-6 inches. 



Males on first assuming the metallic plumage are irregularly 

 blotched with both metallic green and violet. The type of C. lim- 

 horgi, Tweeddale, only differs from typical fuU adult males in having 

 a broad band of white across the back of the neck, which I attribute 

 to partial albinism. 



Hah. From Siam and Assam through the Burmese countries and 

 the Malayan Peninsula to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and the islands 

 of the Bay of Bengal. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. ; /, </, h. 



Imni. sk. 

 i. Imm. sk. 



k. Ad. sk. 

 /. (^ ad. sk. 

 VI. Ad. sk. 



n, 0. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 2T, q, r. Ad. ; s, t, ti. 



Imra. sk. 

 V. 2 imm. sk. 

 w, a\ Ad. ; t/, z, a'. 



Imm. sk. 



Java (^Horsjield). 

 Labuan. 



Sarawak. 



Trusan, March. 



Banjarmassing (/. Motley). 



Sumatra. 



Lampong, S.E. Sumatra {E. C. 



Bzixton). 

 Malacca, Jan., March ( W. Davi- 



S0)7 ) . 



Malacca. 



Pulo Seban, Oct. ( W. Davison). 

 Klang, Salangore, March, Sept. 

 ( W. Daviso?i). 



India Museum. 



(Tj^e of species.) 



Sir Hugh Low 



[C.]. 

 A. II. Everett, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 A. H. Everett, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Himie Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



