CHLOROPSIS. 349 
the ground. ‘The two eggs are also just like that of the 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. 
Tue Stam CHBLOROPSIS, 
Chloropsis aurifrons inornatus Kloss, This, 1918, p. 198 (Lat au 
Kao, Siam). 
Vernacular names. None recoided. 
Description, Differs from C. a. awrifrons in having less orange 
on the forehead and practically no golden collar. 
Colours of soft parts. ‘Iris dark ; bill black; feet plumbeous” 
(Kloss). 
Measurements. Wing 85 to 88 mm.; tail 60 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 ORANGE-BELLIED CHLORCPSIS. 
Chloropsis hardwickw Jard. & Seiby, Ill. Orn. Add., p. 1 (1829) 
(Nepal); Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 236, 
Vernacular names. Dao-gurruii-ho-gatang (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, bright 
and clear in the young. 
Measurements. Total length about 188 mm.; wing 93. to 
99 mm.; tail about 75 te 78 mm.; tarsus about 18 mm.; culmen 
17 mm. 
