CHALCOCOCCYX. 375 



(Bourns d- Worcester, Everett); Ticao {McGregor) . Malay Peninsula, Burmese 

 Provinces, eastern Himalayas, northeastern Bengal, central India, Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo, Celebes, Ternate. 



"Adult male. — Ujjper half of the head and back of the neck leaden 

 gray, passing gradually into Ijrown, with an olive gloss on the back and 

 wings; feathers of the pinion-joint white, forming a patch; upper tail- 

 coverts gray like the crown; tail slaty black with white ends, the outer 

 webs of the feathers notched with white, the inner webs regularly barred 

 with white, most strongly so on the outer feathers; sides of the head, 

 chin, throat, and front of chest uniform gray, slightly paler than the 

 crown ; remainder of the l)ody and under tail-coverts and the under wing- 

 coverts uniform rufous-buff; under surface of the quills dusky brown, 

 with a diagonal bar of white formed by the white on the inner webs near 

 the base of the quills. 'Bill black, base of lower mandible reddish. Iris 

 light red; feet and legs waxy naples-yellow, nails black.' (Everett.) 

 Length, 208 ; culmen, 16 ; wing, 109 ; tail, 109 ; tarsus, 16. 



"Immature. — Above rufous, nearly ecpially baiTed throughout with 

 olive, shaded black; primaries alone more uniform brown; under parts 

 buff, narrowly barred throughout with dusky black; under wing-coverts 

 like the chest; pale portion of the quills more rufous than in the adult 

 and indicating partial bars. 'Bill dusky black, yellowish at the gape and 

 base of lower mandible ; iris yellowish white, legs and feet dingy grayish 

 yellow.' (Hume.) Length, 231 ; culmen, 18; wing, 109 ; tail, 127; 

 tarsus, 18." (Shelley.) 



Nestling. — L'pper parts including wings and tail dark brown, the 

 feathers barred and edged with cinnamon-rufous; tip of tail and edge 

 of wing white ; below white, barred, more regularly than above, with 

 blackish brown. 



"Very common. It is quite a sweet singer. Legs and feet dirty 

 yellow; nails black; upper mandible black, lower light brown. Four 

 males measure, 241 in length; wing, 118; tail, 132; culmen, 21; tarsus, 

 16: middle toe with claw, 21." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Genus CHALCOCOCCYX Cabanis, 1862. 



Length, about 165 mm. ; tail short and rounded ; wings long and 

 pointed, when folded reaching nearly to tip of tail; plumage metallic 

 l)ronze or violet; breast, abdomen, and sides barred with white. 



Species. 



a^. Bill bright yellow; upper parts deep metallic violet.... xanthorhynchus (p. 376) 

 a'. Bill not yellow, upper parts metallic bronze, green, and purple. 



malayanus (p. 377) 



