236 CRATEBOPODID^E. 



Coloration. Forehead golden yellow ; lores, under the eye, the 

 lower part of the ear-coverts, the chin, and throat black ; moustachial 

 stripe blue ; the lesser wing-coverts verdigris-blue ; the remaining 

 plumage and the visible portions of the closed wings and tail bright 

 green. 



The female hardly differs from the male. 



The young are green all over. 



Bill black ; legs and feet plumbeous ; claws dull black ; iris dark 

 brown (Davisori). 



Length about 8 ; tail 2-8 ; wing 3*6 ; tarsus *7; bill from gape 1. 



Distribution. The western coast of India from Khandala to 

 Travancore ; Ceylon ; and McMaster records this species from 

 Chikalda in Berar. It is found at all levels up to 6000 feet.! 



249. Color opsis hardwickii. The Orange-bellied Chloropsis. 



Chloropsis hardwickii, Jard. fy Selby, 111. Orn. ii, Add. p. 1 (1829) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 18 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 206 ; Salvadori, 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 594. 



Phyllornis hardwickii (J. $ &), Blyth, Cat. p. 212 ; Horsf. 8f M. Cat. 

 i, p. 258 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 100 ; Godw.-Amt. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 

 pt. ii, p. 106; xlv, pt. ii, p. 79; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 137 ; Hume 

 # Dav. S. F. vi, p. 327 ; Hume, Cat. p. 466 j Scully, S. F. viii, 

 p. 297 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 185. 



The Blue- winged Green Bulbul, Jerd. 



Coloration. Male. The upper plumage green, washed with 

 fulvous-yellow on the head ; lores, the feathers under the eye, the 

 ear-coverts, chin, throat, and upper breast black; a broad moustachial 

 streak, reaching to the end of the ear-coverts, cobalt ; remainder of 

 the under plumage orange-brown, washed with green on the 

 flanks ; tail dull purple, the inner webs blacker ; lesser wing- 

 coverts verdigris-blue ; remaining coverts and the primaries black, 

 edged with purple ; secondaries brown on the inner and green on 

 the outer webs; tertiaries and inner greater coverts entirely 

 green. 



Female. The upper plumage green, the head being of the 

 same colour as the other parts ; lesser wing-coverts blue ; the 

 other coverts and the tertiaries wholly green; secondaries and 

 primaries brown edged with green, the first three primaries with a 

 tinge of blue ; tail green ; moustachial streak cobalt, but paler than 

 in the male ; sides of head and neck, chin, throat, and upper breast, 

 with the whole of the flanks, green, tinged with blue on the throat ; 

 lower breast, abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts orange-brown. 



Young birds are entirely green, without any orange below at 

 first ; traces of orange on the abdomen soon make their appear- 

 ance ; the moustache and wing-patch are barely indicated. 



Bill black ; irides brown or dark brown ; feet plumbeous ; claws 

 dusky or black (Scully}. 



Length 7'5 ; tail 3*1 ; wing 3'8 ; tarsus *7 ; bill from gape '95. 



