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wing-coverts dark brown, edged wilh yellowish green. 



Iris reddish brown. Upper mandible and anterior half of lower, 

 horny brown, remainder pale orange-horny. Legs yellowish green, soles 

 yellow to orange-yellow. Claws greenish horn-colour. 



JHstrihation. Recorded from Central, South-eastern and Penin- 

 sular Siam. 



Ilahiis, itf. Very similar to the last species and, I think, just 

 as common in Bangkok. The male is one of our most lovely birds, 

 with its beautiful metallic upper plumage, one of the peculiarities of 

 which is that it varies from dark green to lilac according to the manner 

 in which the light falls. It is a larger bird than the one last des- 

 cribed, and has a loud and rather insistent note of three syllables, 

 cha-r.La-chu, repeated many times, but I have not observed the male to 

 have any song, as in that oi AraclLuechlhra jIammaxiUaris. 



Of (Oli). Chalcoparia plicenicotis (Temm.). llic Ruhij- 



ckcch. 



Cli'tkiqiiiiiii jiha'iiicuH^, Gyldeiistal[)c I'.llo, p. -15 ; id. TJlCi. p. 34. 



Description. Length about 112 mm. ( 1. 1 in. ). Mule. The 

 whole upper plumage and lesser wing-coverts brilliant metallic emerald- 

 oreen • lores blackish ; cheeks and ear-coverts rich copper-colour, 

 bordered below by a line of rich metallic lilac ; chin, throat and breast 

 ferruginous buff ; abdomen, sides of body, vent and under tail-coverts 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts white to very pale yellow ; greater wing- 

 coverts black, edged with metallic green ; wings dark brown, some- 

 times narrowly edged with whitish ; outer tail-feathers brown, the 

 others dark bluish brown, more or less edged with metallic green. 

 Feviale. The lower plumage like that of the male ; upper plumage and 

 lesser wing-coverts olive-green ; greater wing-coverts and wings brown, 

 edo-ed with yellowish green; tail brown (middle feathers darker) 

 edged with yellowish green. 



Iris lake-red. Bill black. Mouth yoUow (Gates). Legs j^el- 

 lowish green. Claws yellowish horny. 



nistrihiUioii. Kecorded by Oyldenstolpc from Northern, Cen- 

 tral and Eastern Siam, while I have obtained it from Bangnara in the 

 Peninsular division of the country, and from Uup-bon, in South- 

 eastern Siam. Tlie only part from which it has not yet been reported 



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