264 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chiysophlegma. 



greenish grey, and the tips of the shafts white : '' bill dusky 

 bluish white ; iris red ; eyelids, gape, and naked skin at gape 

 greenish blue ; legs dusky blue ; claws horny " ( Oates) . 

 Total length 13'0 inches, culmen 1-75, wing 6*5, tail 4-7, 

 tarsus I'l ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0-87, outer 

 posterior 08, inner anterior 0*6, inner posterior 0'4. 



Immature male. Differs from the fully adult male in 

 having the upper parts of a duller green, the feathers being 

 margined with yellow ; the forehead less rufous, and the 

 crown and occiput less varied with reddish brown ; the 

 nuchal crest more orange ; the lores and sides of the face more 

 dusky, and the cheeks, chin, and throat of a paler and more 

 dingy yellow; the underparts being smoky grey (without 

 any tinge of olive), darker and browner on the chest. 



Nestling, probably male. In this stage of plumage the 

 crown and occiput are slightly paler than in older birds, 

 the dull red markings partaking more of the character of 

 spots or bars than of stripes; nuchal crest deep golden 

 yellow ; cheeks, chin, throat, and fore neck dull buffy white, 

 the throat and fore neck having dusky brownish spots ; 

 underparts smoky grey, browner on the chest ; under wing- 

 coverts dull rufous varied with dusky. In other respects 

 resembling the adult. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the 

 cheeks, chin, and upper part of the throat rufous, faintly 

 striped with blackish, the bases of these feathers being white ; 

 lower throat and fore neck white, each feather having a 

 large patch (somewhat triangular) of brownish olive, almost 

 black at the apex ; upon the fore neck a tinge of rufous sur- 

 rounding the dark tip ; the soft parts as in the male. Total 

 length 13-0 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 6*63, tail 47, tarsus 

 1-15. 



Immature female. Differs from the adult female in having 

 the sides of the face darker green, the cheeks, chin, and 

 upper throat less rufous and more mixed with black, and 

 the tips of the feathers of the lower throat and fore neck 

 blacker. 



This species is found in the Himalayas as far west as 



