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Genus CHALCOPARIA, Cabanis, 1850. 



The single species of this genus has the bill shorter than the 

 head, entire, without any serrations on the margins of the mandibles ; 

 the culmen very slightly curved, the lower mandible straight ; the 

 nctal bristles weak ; the tarsus short and scutellated ; the tail of 

 moderate length, slightly rounded, and consisting of twelve feathers ; 

 the wing moderate, with ten primaries, the first of which is small. 



The sexes are of different colours and the upper plumage of the 

 male is metallic. 



Fig. 102. — Head of C. phoniicoti?. 



911. Chalcoparia phcenicotis. The Ruby-Cheek. 



Motacilla singalensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 9G4 CI 788). 



Nectarinia phcenicotis, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 108, fig. 1 (1824), pi. 888, 



fig. 2 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 225. 

 Chalcoparia phcenicotis (Temm.), Horsf. §M. Cat. ii, p. 747 ; Oates, 



S. F. v, p. 147 ; Oates in Hume's N. cy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 269. 

 Chalcoparia singalensis (Gmel.), Wald. Ibis, 1870, p. 48; Hume fy 



Dav. S. F. vi, p. 189 ; Hume, Cat. no. 233 sex. 

 ( 'haleoparia cingalensis ( Gmel.), Anders. Yunnan Eocped., Aves, p. 602. 

 Anthreptes phcenicotis (Temm.), Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xliii, xlv, 



325, pi. 105. 

 Anthreptes singalensis {Gmel.), Oates, B. B. \, p. 326. 

 Anthothreptes phcenicotis (Temm.), Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 121. 



Coloration. Male. The whole upper plumage and lesser wing- 

 coverts brilliant metallic emerald-green ; lores blackish ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts rich copper-colour, bordered below by a line of rich 

 metallic violet-purple ; chin, throat, and breast ferruginous buff; 

 abdomen, sides of the body, vent, and under tail-coverts yellow ; 

 tail black, edged externally with metallic green ; under wing-coverts 

 pale yellow ; greater wing-coverts black, edged with metallic 

 green ; wings black, edged more or less with purple. 



Female. The lower plumage like that of the male ; the upper 

 plumage and the lesser wing-coverts olive-green ; ear-coverts and 

 cheeks slate-colour ; greater wing-coverts and wings dark brown, 

 edged with yellowish green; tail brown, broadly edged with 

 yellowish green. 



The young are like the female. 



Bill black ; gape orange-yellow ; mouth yellow ; iris lake-red ; 

 legs vellowish green ; claws yellowish horny; eyelids greenish. 



Length 4*4; tail 1*6 ; wing 2-1 ; tarsus -65 ; bill from gape -0. 



Distribution. The SikhimTerai; the Bhutan Doars ; the Dibrugarh 

 district of Assam; the Khasi and Garo hills; Sylhet ; Cachar ; 



