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assume. The plumage of the adult female also varies, aud very old 

 birds appear to me to grow hoary, while the yellowish or reddish 

 tinge on the head and throat may be considered as sure signs of 

 youth. 



In a genus like Eudijaam'is, where the males scarcely differ, I have 

 had to look to the females for specific characters, and, judging from 

 this alone, I unhesitatingly say that the hen bird of E. lionorata 

 (Linn.), is like the hen of E. malayana, Cab., and goes through a 

 similar sequence of plumage. The greater size attributed to the 

 Malayan bird cannot be upheld as a distinctive character, as is 

 evidenced by the large series in the Museum. 



Ilab. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, extending to China aud south 

 through the Burmese provinces over the Indo-Malayan Archipelago 

 to riores. 



a-e. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 /,[/. 6 2 ad. sk. 



h-.v. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 



y, z. S 2 iuim. sk. 



a', b' . (S ad. ; c'. 



d', e', 5 imm. 



sk. 

 /. Juv. St. 

 I/'. 5 imm. sk. 



/«', i'. 5 ad. sk. 

 k'. S imm. sk. 

 r. 6 imm. sk. 



m', n' . 2 ad. sk. 



sk. 

 /•'. 2 ad. sk. 



s', t'. S 2 ad. sk, 



u'. 2 ad. sk. 



v', w' . S ad. ; x' . 



2 ad. sk. 

 2/',/. [$]ad. et 



imm. .sk. 

 a". S ad. ; b". 2 



imm. sk. 

 c", d'-. S <2 ad. ; 



e". 2 imm. sk. 

 /'. S ad. sk. 



g". 2 imm. sk. 



Ceylon ( Whyte). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Ragam Corale, Ceylon, 



July 2. 

 Ceylon, Nov., Dec, Jan., 



March (»S'. Chapman and 



H. Nevill). 

 Ilarae.swaram Island, Nov. Seebohm Coll. 



( W. V. Legcjc). 

 Laccadives, Feb. {A. 0. II.). Hume Coll. 



India. 



Trevandrum, Travaucore, 



Nov. 18. 

 Anjango, Travaucore. 

 Trichinopoly. 

 Tellicherry, Oct. {E. G. 



W. R.). 

 Calicut. 

 Malabar. 



Coonoor Ghat, Sept. 20 



{R. G. W.R.). 

 Wynaad, March, April {R. 



Davison). 

 Mysore, Feb. 21. 

 Belgaum, March, Oct. {E. A. 



Butler). 

 Bangalore, Sept. {R. G. 



W. R.). 

 Arcot. 



Madras. 



N.W. of Eajamundry, May 



30 ( JF. T. Blanford). 

 Deccan (Sykes). 



Purchased. 



F. W. Boiu:dillon 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll, 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Rev. H, H. Baber 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



India Museum, 



