422 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



also have some black hairs on the head mixed with the scarlet 

 feathers. The tail and wings are glossy steel-blue. 



237. Dictum cHRYSORiicEUM. Yellow-vented Flower-pecker. 



I believe that it is to this species, that a Flower-pecker pro- 

 cured by me at Moulmein, in August 1865, ought to be re- 

 ferred, as Dr. Jerdon saw it at the same place. I subjoin the 

 dimensions: — Length 3"625, vnng 1-875, tarsus '45, bill from 

 front "4375, extent 5*75 in. The bill is large and strong, with 

 the upper mandible considerably curved, rather flat above near 

 the nostrils, which are large. The upper mandible is pinkish- 

 brown; and the tip of the lower is the same, shading underneath 

 into yellow. The irides are dark brown, legs lead-colour. 



Dr. Jerdon^s description of this species is very scanty, and 

 hardly sufficient for true identification. 



Dictum trigonostigma (Scop.) ? 



A specimen shot at Moulmein, September 18th, 1865 {cf. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 545), belongs either to this species or to the 

 preceding. The following are its dimensions : — Length 3"3125, 

 wing 1-875, tail '9375, tarsus barely -5, bill from front -4375, 

 extent 5*75 in. Irides dark brown ; bill dark brown ; gape 

 and under mandible orange, excepting its tip, which is dark 

 brown orange ; legs plumbeous. Head and back ashy-green ; 

 wings ashy, with green edgings ; quills brown, with ashy 

 edgings ; rump orange-yellow ; upper tail-coverts dark green ; 

 tail dark brown, the feathers edged with dark bluish-green; 

 a tinge of yellow under the lower mandible ; throat ashy ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts bright yellow, with a tinge of 

 green under the wings; under wing-coverts pure white. 



241. Myzanthe ignipectus. Fire-breasted Flower-pecker. 



I observed this species in small parties, about the hill-roads 

 at Darjeeling, where I collected specimens in 18G2. Skins were 

 sent to me at Simla, in June 1866, by Capt. Begbie, from 

 Kotgurh. This is apparently the first time that this species has 

 been noticed from the north-western Himalayas. On the 5th of 

 July in that year a specimen was brought to me in the flesh by 

 my native shikarry, on which I made the following notes : — 

 Length 3-625, wing 1-875, tail 1, tarsus barely 5, spread 



