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Length f5'2 ; tail 1*8; wing 2*4; tarsus '8; bill fiom gape *6. 

 Distribution The higher parts of Muleyifc mountain in Teiias- 

 Berim. 



Genus HERPORNIS, Hodgs., 1844. 



The genus Htrpornit contains only one species, found in the 

 Himalayas and Burma, and extending down the Malay peninsula. 

 This species is represented in China and Borneo respectively by 

 two subspecies. 



In Herpornis the bill is nearly as long as the head, slender but 

 well bent down at the tip ; the nostrils are covered by a i'ew 

 frontal hairs, and the rictal bristles are strong ; the head is crested ; 

 the wing is rather long and pointed, and the tail is perfectly square. 

 The plumage is green. 



234. Herpornis xantholeuca. The White-bellied Herpornis. 



Erpornis xantholeuca, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 380 (1844) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. p. 101; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 232 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 264; 

 GoatD.-A.utt, J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 109. 



Erpornis xanthochlora, Hodf/s. in Gray's Zoo!. Misc. p. 88 (1844) ; 

 id. P. Z. 8. 1845, p. 23 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 142. 



Herpornis xantholeuca (Hodys.), Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 167 ; 

 Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 83 ; Hume fy Dao. S. F. vi, 

 pp. 374, 519; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 630; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 630 ; Binnham, S. F. ix, p. 190 ; Inalis, S. F. ix, p. 256 ; Oates, 

 S. F. x, p. 227 ; id. B. B. i, p. 151 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii,p. 636; 

 Hume, S. F. xi, p. 252. 



The White-bellied Flower-pecker, Jerd. ; Dany-pu-pho, Lepch. 



Fig. (55. Head of H. xantholeuca. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage, tail, wing-coverts, and 

 tertiaries clear greenish yellow ; primaries and secondaries edged 

 with the colour of the back ; lores, cheeks, and the lower plumage 

 white slightly tinged with grey ; ear-coverts ashy white ; under 

 wing-coverts pale yellow ; under tail-coverts bright yellow. 



Upper mandible fleshy horn-colour, the edges and the whole 

 lower mandible light flesh-colour ; gape yellow ; mouth yellow ; 

 eyelids plumbeous ; iris brown ; legs and claws pinkish flesh-colour. 



Length nearly 5; tail 1'8; wing 2*7; tarsus '65; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to Assam ; -the hill- 

 ranges of Assam ; Cachar ; Mauipur, and the whole of Burma ; 



