236 Mr. E. Hargitt on the 



(1868); Gould, B. Asia, part xxii. (1870) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. 

 p. 180. no. 8533 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 60 (1874) ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 103; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 292; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 327; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 243; Hume, Str. F. 

 1879, pp. 53, 88. 



Picumnoides abnormis, Malh. Monogr. Picid. ii. p. 287, 

 pi. cxv. fig. 1 (1862). 



Adult male. Above uniform yellowish olive, brighter on 

 the rump, the tips of the feathers of the latter orange-rufous ; 

 primary-coverts blackish, edged with olive ; the other series 

 of wing-coverts uniform yellowish olive; edge of the wing 

 rufous; quills dusky black, the outer webs yellowish olive, 

 the inner edged upon their basal half witb greyish white ; a 

 few of the innermost of the secondaries are paler and washed 

 with olive ; shafts black ; upper tail-coverts deep black ; 

 tail uniform black, likewise the shafts ; forehead golden 

 orange ; crown and hind neck uniform yellowish olive ; lores 

 and sides of the face and neck orange-rufous ; the ear-coverts 

 more chestnut ; chin, throat, and entire under surface of the 

 body orange-rufous, a few silken feathers of a bright golden 

 yellow on the breast ; upon the sides of the upper breast a 

 patch of olive ; under tail-coverts rufous orange, tipped with 

 yellowish white ; under surface of the tail uniform black, as 

 are likewise the shafts ; under wing-coverts buffy white ; 

 under surface of the wing dusky, the margins of the inner 

 webs buff near the base ; shafts pale greyish brown, white at 

 the base. " Iris crimson ; orbital patch dull crimson ; legs 

 chrome ; bill black, the mandible greenish yellow " {Everett). 



Total length 3'3 inches, culmen "55, wing 2*07, tail '95, 

 tarsus "5 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior '37, inner 

 anterior "27, posterior •37. 



Adult female. Resembling the adult male, but less bright 

 in colour on the upper parts, wing-coverts, and outer webs of 

 the quills ; the rump more rufous ; the forehead rufous, the 

 crown scarcely so bright a yellowish olive ; in other respects 

 similar to the adult male. " Iris crimson ; orbital patch dull 

 crimson ; legs chrome ; bill black, the mandible greenish 

 yellow" [Everett). 



