420 CUCULID/E. 



p. 142; JBly/h, B. Burm p. 81 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 58; Oates, 

 Str. F. v. p. 144. The LARGE GREEN -BILLED MALKOHA. 



Upper plumage dark greenish grey, the head and neck paler grey ; the 

 bases of the feathers on the forehead and superciliary region black ; cheeks 

 and throat whitish, with black shafts ; wings, upper tail coverts, and tail dark 

 shining green, the feathers of the latter tipped broadly with white ; lores 

 blackish ; front of neck and breast grey with a russet tinge and dark shafts ; 

 under surface of the body smoky brown with a greenish tinge ; under wing 

 and under tail coverts the same. Bill bright apple-green ; nude orbital 

 region crimson ; irides dark brown ; legs slaty. In the female the orbital 

 nude space is blood-red ; irides paler. 



.Length. 23 to 24 inches; tail 16; wing 6-5; tarsus 1-3; bill from 

 gape 1*6. 



Eab. The Himalayas and Sikkim in the warmer valleys, ranging into 

 Northern and Central India, Bengal, the Northern Circars, Assam, Burmah, 

 Arracan and Malacca. In Burmah, Gates says, it is common all over Pegu, 

 both in the hills and plains. In Tenasserim it extends as far as Mergui. In 

 the Thoungyeen Valley it is said to be common ; affects orchards as well as 

 forests ; wanders about solitary or in pairs, picking off and eating grass- 

 hoppers, caterpillars, and other insects from the branches and leaves of trees. 

 Breeds in Pegu, according to Gates, from June to August. The nest, he says, 

 is a slight structure constructed of a few dead twigs and leaves, and placed 

 in a bush or a leafy bamboo. Eggs chalky white, and two in number. Jerdon 

 says the egg he got was of a long oval form. 



1008. RhOpodytes diardi (Lesson}, Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. 

 p. 163 ; Hume, Str. F. viii., p. 89. Melias diardi, Less., Tr. d'Orn. p. 132. 

 Zanclostomus diardi, Blyth, B. Burm. p. 81. DIARD'S GREEN-BILLED 

 MALKOHA. 



Forehead, crown, nape, upper back, sides of the head and neck, ashy grey ; 

 remainder of upper plumage metallic green tinged with blue ; tail tipped with 

 white; chin, throat and breast of the same colour as the head but paler, 

 becoming dusky on the abdomen and sides of the body, and smoky brown on 

 the vent and under tail coverts. Bill pale green ; legs and feet dark plumbeous 

 green ; irides dark brown ; nude orbital space crimson. 



Length. 14 inches; tail 9; wing 5 ; tarsus P2 ; bill from gape 1*4. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Cochin-China. Has been found in 

 Tenasserim from Mergui southwards. Mr. Davison says its habits and notes 

 are not unlike those of R. tristis. 



1003. Rhopodytes SlimatranuS (Raffles), Salvad., Ucc. Born. 

 p. 73 ; Hume and Dav. t Str. F. vi. p. 164 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 89 ; Kelham, 



