CHALCOCOCCYX. 375 



(Bourns & Worcester, Everett)-, Ticao (McGregor). Malay Peninsula, Burmese 

 Provinces, eastern Himalayas, northeastern Bengal, central India, Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo, Celebes, Ternate. 



"Adult male. Upper half of the head and back of the neck leaden 

 gray, passing gradually into brown., with an olive gloss on the back and 

 wings; feathers of the pinion-joint white, forming a patch; upper tail- 

 coverts gray like the crown ; tail slaty black with white ends, the outer 

 webs of the feathers notched with white, the inner webs regularly barred 

 with white, most strongly so on the outer feathers; sides of the head, 

 chin, throat, and front of chest uniform gray, slightly paler than the 

 crown ; remainder of the body and under tail-coverts and the under wing- 

 coverts uniform rufous-buff ; under surface of the quills dusky brown, 

 with a diagonal bar of white formed by the white on the inner webs near 

 the base of the quills. 'Bill black, base of lower mandible reddish. Iris 

 light red; feet and legs waxy naples-yellow, nails black.' (Everett.} 

 Length, 208 ; culmen, 16 ; wing, 109 ; tail, 109 ; tarsus, 16. 



"Immature. Above rufous, nearly equally barred throughout with 

 olive, shaded black; primaries alone more uniform brown; under parts 

 buff, narrowly barred throughout with dusky black; under wing-coverts 

 like the chest; pale portion of the quills more rufous than in the adult 

 and indicating partial bars. 'Bill dusky black, yellowish at the gape and 

 base of lower mandible ; iris yellowish white, legs and feet dingy grayish 

 yellow/ (Hume.) Length, 231; culmen, 18; wing, 109; tail, 127; 

 tarsus, 18." (Shelley.) 



Nestling. Upper parts including wings and tail dark brown, the 

 feathers barred and edged with cinnamon-rufous; tip of tail and edge 

 of wing white; below white, barred, more regularly than above, with 

 blackish brown. 



"Very common. It is quite a sweet singer. Legs and feet dirty 

 yellow; nails black; upper mandible black, lower light brown. Four 

 males measure, 241 in length; wing, 118; tail, 132; culmen, 21; tarsus, 

 16; middle toe with claw, 21." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Genus CHALCOCOCCYX Cabanis, 1862. 



Length, about 165 mm.; tail short and rounded; wings long and 

 pointed, when folded reaching nearly to tip of tail; plumage metallic 

 bronze or violet; breast, abdomen, and sides barred with white. 



Species. 



a 1 . Bill bright yellow ; upper parts deep metallic violet.... xanthorhynchns (p. 376) 

 a 2 . Bill not yellow; upper parts metallic bronze, green, and purple. 



malayanus (p. 377) 



