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the same colour as the rest of the face ; chin and throat 

 greener, some of the feathers between the occiput and the 

 posterior part of the ear-coverts being tipped with red ; under 

 surface of the body rather darker, and the light markings on 

 the flanks and thighs fewer ; the under tail-coverts unspotted ; 

 the feathers of the entire back edged with yellow : " iris 

 crimson; orbital skin bright plumbeous blue; legs and feet 

 pale dirty green ; lower mandible and base of upper mandible 

 chrome-yellow ; upper mandible black '' [W. Davison). Total 

 length 11 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 5"25, tail 3*65, tarsus 0"9. 

 Young female. A specimen in the British Museum diff'ers 

 from a young male in the same collection in having the 

 underparts uniform, except the flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts, which have a few brownish- white spots, the concealed 

 feathers on the sides of the body being white. It also wants 

 the red malar stripe, the cheeks being of the same colour as 

 the rest of the face ; the top of the head and the occiput are 

 dusky olive, only a few of the feathers being tipped with 

 crimson. 



Examples of this species from Malacca, Sumatra, and 

 Borneo have the orbital region less dusky and the sides of 

 the face and neck of a lighter green than specimens from 

 Java, but they possess no specific distinction. 



The present species has a wide range. In Tenasserim it is 

 confined to the southern district of the province, where Mr. 

 Davison procured it, and says it is not rare. It is also found 

 in the Malayan peninsula, whence the Hume collection con- 

 tains a fine series, obtained by Mr. Davison. Rafiies includes 

 it in his ' Birds of Sumatra,"* and the collection recently made 

 by Dr. C. Klaesi in the highlands of Padang, in the western 

 part of the island, contains several examples. [Cf. Biitti- 

 kofer. Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 23 (1887).) This species has 

 also been obtained at Siboga, as well as in the island of Nias, 

 West Sumatra, by Signor Elio Modigliani (Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 2, iv. pp. 519 & 529, 1887). 

 It is likewise found in Java, in which island the type speci- 

 men was procured by Horsfield. In Borneo it appears to be 

 generally distributed. Mr. Pryer has sent to this country 



