384 Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on 



scapulars like the back, with greenisli-wliite edges, as well as 

 the upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts green externally, 

 reddish on inner web ; remainder of coverts deep claret-red 

 or maroon; the bastard-wing and primary-coverts reddish 

 brown ; quills claret-red, the primaries reddish brown, the 

 inner secondaries greenish white, except on the outer web, 

 which is for the most part claret-red ; tail-feathers green, 

 with a slight bluish tinge, tipped with greenish white, all 

 but the centre feathers with a black subterminal bar ; crown 

 of head bright emerald-green ; a narrow line at base of 

 nostrils ; lores, eyebrow, feathers round eye, sides of face, 

 and ear-coverts black, forming a broad band, which encircles 

 the nape ; cheeks and under surface of body light emerald- 

 green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy brown, washed 

 with green ; quills below coppery brown : " bill and skin 

 round the eye deeper vermilion than the legs, which are 

 deep vermilion ; iris white, with a very pale pink tinge " 

 {J. W.). Total length 11 inches, culmen 1*25, wing 5 "3, 

 tail 4*1, tarsus 1*7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but a trifle more bluish. 

 Total length 11 inches, culmen Tl, wing 5 "2, tail 4'8, 

 tarsus 1*6. 



Nos. 2046, 2222. Mr. Whitehead writes :—" I expect 

 this is a new species, as it is quite distinct from Cissa minor, 

 and I should like it named after my father, Cissa jefferyi. 

 The note of this bird is quite distinct from that of C. minor. 

 I first met with it in pairs, at 8000 feet ; but I afterwards 

 found it at 4000 feet, where it closely approaches the range 

 of C. minor, I fancy the alpine bird has a more greenish 

 tinge than the latter species, which is met with at a lower 

 altitude. While C. minor frequents the thick growth which 

 springs up in a couple of years after the rice-crops, Cissa 

 jefferyi never leaves the virgin forest." 



The green colouring in all the species of Cissa is so evan- 

 escent and so liable to change to blue, or vice versd, that I 

 do not attach much importance to any difference in this 

 respect between the two forms found on Kina Balu; and the 

 fact that the female bird happens to be a little more blue 



