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the grouiul. The two eggs are also just hke that of tlie last bird 

 and measure 21-0 x 15-0 and 21-0 x 15-1 mm. They were taken 

 on the 25th January. 



Habits. This bird is found at all heights up to 6,000 feet, more 

 often between 2,000 and 4,000 feet. It inhabits forests or open 

 country as long as it is well wooded and appears to keep almost 

 entirely to trees in its search for food, which consists of both 

 insects and fruit. 



(370) Chloropsis aurifrons inornata. 



Thk Siam Chlokopsis. 



C/iloropsis aurifrons inornatus KIoss, Ibis, 1918, p. 198 (Lat Bau 

 Kao, Sium). 



Vernacular names. Xone recorded. 



Description, Differs from C a. aurifrons in having less orange 

 on the foreiiead and practically no golden collar. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris dark ; bill black ; feet plumbeous" 

 (KJoss). 



Measurements. Wing 85 to 88 mm. ; tail (50 to 65 mm. 



Distribution. West and South Siam, straggling into the extreme 

 East of Peninsular Burma ; Annam and Cochin China. 



Nidification . Not recorded. 



Habits. Apparently differ in no way from those of the other 

 races. 



(371) Chloropsis hardwickii hardwickii. 



The Okange-bellied Chlokopsis. 



Chloropsis hardicidxii Jard. &, Seiby, 111. Orn. Add., p. 1 (1829) 

 (Nepal) ; Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 236. 



Vernacular names. Dao-gurruin-ho-r/atamj (Cachari). 



Description. Whole upper plumage and inner secondaries 

 bright green : forehead, above the eye and down the neck, 

 strongly tinged with yellow ; lores, ear-coverts and a patch 

 behind them black ; chin, throat and upper breast velvety black-, 

 glossed with purplish blue ; moustachial streak bright cobalt ; 

 tail above purplish blue, the inner webs dusky-black; lesser wing- 

 coverts verdigris-blue ; other coverts black edged with purple ; 

 flanks green ; remainder of lower plumage bright, deep orange. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris bright red-brown to black-brown : 

 bill black ; legs plumbeous blue, dull and dark in old birds, briglit 

 and clear in the young. 



Measurements. Total length about 188 mm. ; wing 93 to 

 99 nun. ; tail about 75 to 78 mm. ; tarsus about 18 mm. ; culmen 

 17 mm. 



