14. EUDTXAJTTS. gjy 



V'S} ' ^'''''°"' *■ '■ ^'^- -^^' -'^^ '' *""^'- ^5- ^'"•«^', Ihls, 1885, 



Eiidynamis maculata, (?m^, Gen. B. ii. p. 4G4 (1847)- David & 

 Oust. Ois. Chute, p. 00 (1877) v-^o'±/; , uaiia ^ 



Eudynamis indicus, &V«y, Gen. B. ii. p. 404 (1847). 

 Eudynamis australis {nee Sxoains.), Bp. Consp. Av.\. p. 101 (1850) 

 Ludyuamis nigri-a, Cab. S,- Heine, ui. Hein.iv. p. 49^ 18G-^ ^' 



fS)"' ^^^^--«^^' ^«*- ^ ^--, ^/- /ikiv. p 51,Hote 



Eudynaniis chioensis, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv.p. 52, note a86->) • 



/.///^/^ G,^. ,l/a,«,«. Sf B. Burmah, p. 81 (1875) ^ ^ ' 



"; wy"^l-'"v^7o^"''o^''A^- ^- ^^"'^' ^I^^s.Hein.iv. p. 52 (18fi-') • 



ls7J^ tt! ij '-n ■ ' P- ■-'^■^= &iili-ad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 68 



it i:S^:t';^;!-?ti5^it^Ji?r4),iii. p. 82 (i?7o); 



p. 15/ ; &^/«f. ^««. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1880 p. 581, 1887 p 509 ! 



S%?;i T' ''• ''' ■' ""-'■''> ^- ^- '■ ''''' p- ^^26 V 1.:.'^: 



AcMf male. Entire plumage black, very strongly glossed with 

 bluish green: "ins crimson; biU pale bluish gree'l fhikrroTmd 

 the nostrils ; legs and feet leaden blue " {Ler,r,e). " Total lenoth 15 9 

 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 7-6, tail 8, tarsus l-> " " 



_ -^'^^f female Above blackish brown, with an olive gloss : cro.vn 

 sides^of the head and back of the neck very strongly mottled S 

 broad white shaft-stnpes, which are generally shaded towards the 

 for head with rnfons; back and wing-coverts spotted with whie 

 (juil s, upper tail-covorts, and tail barred with white : beneath whtV 

 fea hers of the throat with broad black sides, remainder of he 

 under suface of the body and the under wing-coverts with rath r 

 broad black augular bars; under surface of the quills b'own 

 partially barred with white : " iris crimson ; legs and feet i^i mbeou ^ 

 bill grcemsh grey, gape pinkish flesh-colour ^' (E. A. bJcTtZI 

 length 16 inclies, culmen 1-2, wing 7-5, tail 7-8, tarsus 1-3 " 

 ^csthn,j. Entirely greenish black like the adult male. 



on tSr^-W ^'.1 ^^'T".^'"°S^^''^'^^^^^« "^^'^ 0^ less "parkin- 

 on the tail-teathers and the under surface of the quHls, and h^ve 

 numerous fulvous spots on the body-feathers. In more thau o^e 

 Sing! """' '"' '^^^"^'^'^ ''' '"^'"^y ^°ttled with b'lS 



thJvnfn'T^ *' ""? ^' ^' "' '^'°^^^^^' uniformity in the colour of 

 the J oung birds, and some are much more spotted than others. ? 

 1, 1 iM .'''''^''"'^''''^^^"•'^^t, that the young female is also 

 black like the male, then it is possible that thiless^spottod nestlin:s 

 a e males, which remain almost uniform tiU thev take on the adi5t 



iXf t 1 T'- '"i """^^' "^^^^ '''' ^^-^1- -^ even mot 

 mottled, toreshadowing the spotted dress which they are about to 



