18 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Gecinus. 



bases of the feathers dark grey ; outer edge of the forehead 

 and of the fore part of the crown grey ; a whitish spot 

 above the eye; posterior half of the crown greenish grey, 

 streaked with dusky green; hind neck green; side of the 

 face grey, becoming greener on the ear-coverts and side of 

 the neck; a narrow intense black moustache; chin and 

 throat uniform bufEy white, more tinged with green on the 

 fore neck ; underparts greenish grey, with a few very faint 

 crescent-shaped markings of a darker shade on the abdomen ; 

 thighs having V-shaped markings of olive, with a white 

 centre ; under tail-coverts greenish grey, with broad V- 

 shaped whitish markings between two dusky ones ; under 

 wing-coverts white, faintly tinged with yellow and barred 

 with blackish ; axillaries yellowish white, with pale dusky 

 bars : " bill horny brown, more coloured above than below ; 

 iris pale red ; feet black '' [Degland ^^ Gerbe) . Total length 

 12 inches, culraen 1*65, wing 5*8, tail 3*95, tarsus 1*1 ; 

 toes (without claws) — outer anterior 77, outer posterior 

 0'77, inner anterior 0"6, inner posterior 0*37. 



Younger male. With the upper parts greyer than in the 

 fully adult ; wing-coverts and secondaries of a dingy green ; 

 the tail paler and of a browner tint ; the red of the forehead 

 and crown less brilliant, and the bases of the feathers greyer ; 

 the posterior part of the crown and the nape of a bluish grey ; 

 sides of the face and neck bufFy grey, not washed with green ; 

 chin more of a pale buff; entire underparts uniform buffy 

 grey ; the thighs tinged with green ; under tail-coverts buffy 

 grey, tipped with yellow. Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 

 1*6, wing 5'5, tail 3*6, tarsus I'l. 



Adult female. Different from the adult male in the absence 

 of red on the forehead and fore crown, these parts being 

 greenish grey streaked with blackish ; the rest of the crown 

 and the nape greyer than in the male ; fore part of the cheeks 

 lighter grey; chin and throat whiter; chest and upper 

 breast paler green ; the abdominal markings a little darker, 

 those on the thighs being fainter and just visible; under 

 wing-coverts whiter. Total length ll'l inches, culmen I'-l, 

 wing 5*55, tail 3'9, tarsus 0"95. 



