29. UROcoccYx. 399 



vi. pp. 165, 50G (1878) ; SneUeman in Teeth's Mkldcn-!Suma1ra, 



Vo(j. p. 34 (1884). 

 rhcEnicopbrous curvirostris {nee Shmo), Blyth, Cut. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



p. 75 (1849) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 687 



(IBoO-SS). 

 Khamphococcyx erythrognatluis, Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Ilein. \\. p. 67 



(1862) ; Sabad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 74 ( la74) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Gen. xiv. p. 186 (1879); Hume, Str. F. viii. pp. 54, 89 (1»79); 



Kel/iain, I/ns, 1881, p. 393 ; Blasius, J.f. 0. 1882, p. 246 ; A. MM. 



t. c. p. 409 ; ^'ickolson, Ibis, 1883, p. 242 ; Gates, Handb. B. Brit. 



BurmaJi, ii. p. 124 ; Biittik. Notes Let/den Mus. 1884, p. 31 ; Guil- 



lemard, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 406 ; Everett, Journ. Straits Branch M. 



Asiat. Soc. 1889, p. 174. 

 Rhopodvtes erytiirotruatlius, Sharpe, F. Z. S. 1875, p. 104 ; id. lbi.s, 



1877, 'p. 8; Twecdd. F. Z. S. 1877, p. 287; S/iarpe, F.Z.S. 1879, 



pp. 246, 328; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 245; id. F. Z. S. 1881, p. 793 ; id. 



Ibis, 1890, p. 12. 



Adult mule. Forehead, crowu, and back of neck leaden grey, the 

 latter glossed with olive ; back, wings, and basal two-thirds of tail 

 deep metallic green, glossed with blue on the quills ; a large rough 

 bare patch round the eye red, margined beneath by a grey loral 

 band ; chin grey ; throat and chest chestnut ; flanks, abdomen, and 

 thighs dusky black, partially washed with glossy green ; under 

 tail-coverts chocolate-brown ; under surface of wings glossy blue- 

 black, partially washed with green on the coverts : " bill pale green, 

 with a large portion of the lower mandible and a patch just below 

 the nostril dull red ; iris bright yellow : legs and feet bluish green '' 

 ( IF". Davison). Total length 18'5 inches, culmen 1*6, wing 6*8, 

 tail 10, tarsus 1'45. 



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

 18-2 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 6'4, tail 10"7, tarsus 1*55. 



Uah. The same as that of the genus. 



a. $ ad. sk. Thoungyah, Tenasserim, Oct. Hume Coll. 



(J. Darling). 



b. S ad. sk. Yea, April ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Mergui Island, Dec. ( \V. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 



d. e. S 2 '^^- sk- Layuah, May (TI'. Davison). Hume Coll. 

 /. $ ad. .*k. Bahonee, Feb. (IF. Davison). Hume Coll. 

 //. $ ad. sk. Palaw-ton-ton,Uec. (TF. Dffiv- Hume Coll. 



son), 

 h. S ad. sk. Foot of Mt. Nwalabo, April Hume Coll. 



{W. Davison). 

 i-u. J $ ad. sk. Baukiisoou, Dec, Feb., AprU, Hume Coll. 



June ( W. Davison). 

 V, tc, .('. (S $ ad. Alalewoon, Feb., March ( W. Htune Coll. 



sk. • Davison), 



y-li'. 6 $ ftd. et Kossoum, April, May, July {J. Hume Coll. 



imm. sk. Darling). 



/'-«'. cf $ ad. sk. Klang, Salangore, Feb. to April, Hume Coll. 



Oct. ( W. Davison), 

 t'. Ad. sk. Malacca {Dr. Cantor). India Museum. 



«', v', w'. Ad.; Malacca, May, Aug. (i>r. .Ifam- Tweeddale Coll. 

 .r'. Juv. sk. ^"i/)- 



