412 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



In the adult the head is dark slate-colour, quite different in 

 hue from that of the female of P. rasa, which has it of a very 

 much lighter colour. The black edging to the lavender-colour 

 on the nape is very narrow — a mere line, in fact ; and next to it 

 is a patch of bright verditer-green, which gradually blends with 

 the ordinary green of the back. At the base of the primaries 

 is a bright yellow spot, brighter in some specimens than in 

 others. The bill is as described by Dr. Jerdon, except that the 

 upper mandible is conspicuously coral-red tipped with yellow, 

 the legs and claws being of a dirty light yellowish-green. 



The preserved young, killed 2nd June, 1866, have merely a 

 trace of the slate-colour on the head, mixed with the otherwise 

 green feathers, no wing-spot, and the yellow below the tail of a 

 much duller hue. The blue and yellow on the tail above are 

 very slight. 



153. LoRicuLUs VERNALis. Indian Lorikeet. 



I procured specimens of this pretty little bird on the banks of 

 the river Salween, in Burmah, on the 18th August, 1865, and 

 noticed that the irides are white in some examples, and light- 

 brown in others — probably young birds ; the bill in all was 

 orange; the legs yellow. Specimens in the flesh measured, 

 length 5-25 to 5-5, wing 3-375 to 3-5, tail 1*375 to 1*5, extent 

 9'75 to 10*25, bill from front nearly "5 in. 



154. Picus HiMALAYANUS. Himalayan Pied Woodpecker. 



I give the measurements of a male and female — the former 

 killed by myself at Mahasoo, near Sirnla, on the 2nd October, 

 1866, and the latter by Col. Tytler at Simla, 21st June. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill from front. Spread foot. Extent, 

 S. 9-25 5 3-45 -875 1-1875 l-87o 14-75 



§. 9-25 5 3-625 -75 1-25 1-75 13-75 



The irides in both sexes are of a reddish-brown colour, the 

 bill is dark slate- or lead-colour in the female, the legs dark 

 dirty-green, with lead-coloured claws. The species is not very 

 abundant about Simla. 



159. Picus brunneifrons. Brown-fronted Woodpecker. 

 This species on the contrary is the most abundant of its genus 

 at Simla and in its immediate neighbourhood. I procured a 



