24. RH0P0DTTE8. 385 



a'''. Winy G'6 inches; fi'ont of the crown, 

 ej'ebrows, and throat less uniform, 

 these feathers having; clear black 



shaft-sti-ipes trklig, p. Wo. 



//". "Wing- fl-B inches; the feathers of the 

 crown, eyebrows, and throat less 



striped elongatus, p. 389. 



//'. Smaller, winj^ less than 5 inches. 



v'". Paler, less grey beneath; chin 

 whitish ; lower throat and chest 



washed with brownish yellow borneensis, p. 389. 



d"'. Darker, chin, throat, and chest uni- 

 form leaden grey diardi, p. 390. 



. Centre of the breast and the under tail- 

 coverts deep rufous ; nostrils elongated 

 and inclined upwards sumatnmus, p. 391. 



1. Rhopodytes viridirostris. 



Zaucloslouius viridirostris, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 223 (1840); 

 Bii/th, J. A. S. Beny. xiv. p. 200 (1845) ; Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. 

 pi. 3 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 76 (1849) ; Lmjard, 

 Ann. ^- Maq. Nat. Hist. xiii. 1854, p. 453 ; Horsf. l^ Moore, Cat. 

 B. Mils. E.I. Co. ii. p. 690 (1856-58) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p, 346 

 (18<i2); Holdsioorth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 432; Lec/ge, Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 16, 1875, p. 284; Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 458 (1876) ; Fairbank, 

 op. cit. V. p. 397 (1877) ; Leijije, B. Ceylon, i. p. 258 (1880). 



Phoenicophaus jerdoni, Blyth, J. A. 8. Beny. xi. p. 1095 (1842), xii. 

 p. 246 (1843). 



PhcEuicophaus viridii'ostris, Hartl. Nachtr. Verz. Vdg. Mus. Brem. 

 p. 16 (1844). 



Melias viridirostris, Bp. Cunsp. J'ol. Zyyod. p. 5 (1854). 



llhopodytes ^iridu'ostris. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 63 (1862) ; 

 Davidson S, Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 79 (1878) ; Bali, t. e. p. 207; 

 Hume, op. cit. viii. p. 89 (1879) ; Vidal, op. cit. ix. p. 55 ; Butler, 

 t. c. p. 389; Davison, op. cit. x. p. 306 (1881) ; Oates, ed. Hume's 

 Nests ^- Eyys Ind. B. ii. p. 399. 



Adult irtule. Crown aud back dusky grey with a very slight 

 greenish gloss ; mantle, wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail glossy 

 olive, the latter with broad white ends to the feathers ; the feathers 

 deepening in colour on the sides of the head, becoming black on the 

 eyebrow and in front of the bare orbital patch, which is pale blue ; 

 uuderparts dusky ashy, streaked on the throat with rather broad 

 black shaft-stripes and narrow buffish-white edges ; centre of the 

 breast washed with buff; under surface of the quills black, the 

 coverts dusky grey, the whole glossed with greenish blue : " biU 

 very pale green ; iris dark brown ; legs and feet plumbeous " 

 (Davison). Total length 15-S inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-2, tail 9"5, 

 tarsus 1*35. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 16-5 inches, culmen 1'2, wing 52, tail 9"5, tarsus 1'35. 



Hab. Ceylon and Southern India. 

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