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ings of dull yellowish white ; the dusky abdomen with dull 

 yellowish transverse markings. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence 

 of the crimson on the forehead and crown^ these, as well as 

 the occiput, being black, the feathers having grey margins 

 and being rather lighter on the forehead, the whole having a 

 striped appearance ; the bars upon the central tail-feathers 

 more distinct, and most of the others showing an indistinct 

 trace of barring ; the dark markings upon the under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries browner : " bill horny black ; orbital 

 skin plumbeous grey; irides crimson; feet plumbeous; claws 

 slaty ^^ {J. Scully). Total length 12*6 inches, culmen 1"45, 

 wing 5*6, tail 3'8, tarsus 1"2. 



Young female (August). Differs from the young male in 

 wanting the orange-red spot upon the forehead, this being, 

 like the crown and occiput, grey striped with black. In 

 this specimen the chest and breast are greener, and the fea- 

 thers of the sides of the body, flanks, and thighs are losing 

 their yellowish-white transverse markings, and the trace of 

 dusky-green barring on the secondary quills has disappeared. 



Nestling, apimrently female (June 17th). More dingy in 

 colour than the adult, and having the sides of the face less 

 slaty and more of a mouse-grey ; a faint and narrotv blackish 

 moustachial stripe ; forehead, crown, and occiput dull black ; 

 tail-feathers all barred, but not so distinctly as are the cen- 

 tral pair in the adult ; flanks and thighs broadly barred with 

 blackish. This specimen is in the British Museum, and 

 forms part of Dr. Anderson^s Yunnan Collection. 



Dr. Scully (Str. F. 1879, p. 248) is perfectly right in calling 

 in question Dr. Jerdon^s description of G. occipitalis. The 

 mistake is no doubt to be attributed to an oversight on the 

 part of the latter author, who must have been Avell acquainted 

 with the species. Jerdon's description of the male (B. Ind. 

 i. p. 288) is as follows : — '^ Forehead and occiput dull scarlet ; 

 top of the head, a broad occipital stripe extending to the 

 nape, and another on each side under the eyes, black.'''' Dr. 

 Scully describes this sex correctly when he writes : — " Fore- 

 head and top of the head red ; occiput and nape black ; a 



