168 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Ge?ws Gecirms. 



white, tipped with yellow, tlie former barred with dusky 

 brown, more olive at the tips, the latter barred with dusky 

 brown without the olive tinge : " upper mandible and gonys 

 of lower mandible blackish horny ; rest of lower mandible 

 pale yellow, the tip horn-black ; eyelids slate-colour ; irides 

 dark red ; feet dusky green ; claws horny brown " [E. W. 

 Gates). Total length 12 inches, culmen 1*6, wing 5*4, tail 

 3'9, tarsus 1 25 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0"97, 

 outer posterior 0"85, inner anterior 0'7, inner posterior 0*4. 



Nestling, male. Differs from the adult male, which it re- 

 sembles in general coloration and markings, in having the red 

 on the head more of an orange-scarlet ; the ear-coverts 

 darker ; the malar patch almost entirely black ; the under 

 surface of the body duller, and the white margins and central 

 stripes to the feathers very much less distinct, and, except on 

 the sides of the body, smoky in colour, the throat, chest, and 

 breast having a more uniform appearance ; the abdomen and 

 thighs smoky brown, the latter having only a tinge of green. 



Two young males from Kossoom, Malay Peninsula, May 

 14th and June 1st {J. Darling, jun.), in the Hume collec- 

 tion, are not of the same yellowish-olive colour as the nest- 

 lings described, but are of a rich golden olive above and on the 

 wings, and the rump, instead of being pale chrome or lemon- 

 yellow, is golden yellow, and in one specimen with a tinge of 

 orange, the neck, chest, and breast are also of a rusty gulden 

 olive, thus showing that this rich coloration is not a cliarac- 

 teristic of very old birds of this species. The specimen dated 

 June 1st is the younger bird, and has the chin and throat 

 nearly uniform, and the darker markings on the chest, breast, 

 and abdomen are still very ftunt, the feathers on the sides 

 of the body and the under tail-coverts being strongly marked. 

 The other young male, dated May 14tli, is evidently an older 

 bird, and has the top of the head of a brighter and deeper 

 vermilion-red ; the chin is uniform, the throat lighter and 

 more of a buffy white, covered with dusky spots, the white 

 of the malar patch having a spotted character ; the dark 

 markings on the feathers of the underparts are of a different 

 character from those of the adult ; they are broader, more 



