434 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



" Iris crimson : maxilla black, sides of base yellow ; 

 mandible greenish yellow, tip black ; feet olive-brown." 



Males. T. L. 260, 268, 262, 265: W. 132, 131, 131, 

 13.3 mm. 



Females. T. L. 255, 260, 265 : W. 132, 130, 131 mm. 



We can detect no difference between these birds and 

 descriptions of 7i. chloroloplius. \\\ size birds in the Indian 

 Museum ranging from Nepal to the Southern Shan States have 

 wings from 129-1 38 ram. The Annam birds are certainly not 

 li. c. longipennis (Hartert) of Hainan, which has the crown 

 red with large green patches. In view of the fact that 

 B. c. chlorolo plats has been recorded by Gyldenstolpe from 

 the same locality as his />. chlorolophoides (type unique), 

 \\ hich is descril)ed as having the crown greenish grey broadly 

 ti|)ped with bloody red and the tail-featlicrs witli broad 

 yellowish-red margins, the validity of thc> latter remains to 

 be established. If further specimens are forthcoming it 

 requires comparison with B. lon(j'q)e)niis, which has been 

 unfortunately named owing to reference to the very small 

 southern Indian formiJ.c. chloriy aster. The wing is not larger 

 than in many specimens of typical B. c. c/d/rulophus. The 

 female recorded as B. c. chlorolophoides by Kloss from eastern 

 Siam is absolutely indistinguishable from the present series, 

 (riuite young birds have the breast and fore-neck almost 

 uniform grey and the flanks markedly barred with the same ; 

 crown greyish instead of green, the feathers in the male 

 ti|i[)ed with crimson. 



64. Gecinulus grantia McClell. 



Hargitt, Cat. xviii. 1890, p. 134 ; Onstalet, p. 259. 



1 <^ . Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 26 March, 1918. 



" Iris crimson ; l)ill greyish white, darkest at base; feet 

 dirty olive.'^ 



T. L. 275; W. 134 mm. 



This specimen appears to be a perfectly typical example of 

 G. grantia and cannot be referred to the allied G. viridanus 

 Slater of Fokien. 



