380 



Habits, $-c. Breeds from January to April, making a pendent 

 nest of vegetable down, lichens, &c., attached to the extremity of 

 a twig of some tree. It lays three eggs, which are glossless white 

 and measure '64 by '43. 



917. Dicaeum olivaceum. The Plain-coloured Flower-pecker. 



Myzanthe inornata, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844, descr. 



nulld) ; id. Gray's Cat. Mamm. fyc. J^epal Coll. Hodgs. pp. 60, 151 



(1846, descr. nulld). 

 Dicseum olivaceum, Wald. A. M. N. H. (4) xv, p. 401 (1875) ; 



Godw-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 194 ; Hume, S. F. iv, p. 498 ; 



Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 195 ; Hume, Cat. no. 237 ter ; Oates, 



B. B. i, p. 333 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 84. 

 Dicseum inornatum (Hodgs?), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, p. 45. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage olive-green, the rump 

 rather brighter and the feathers of the head centred darker ; tail 

 dark brown, the feathers faintly edged with olive-green ; wing- 

 coverts brown, broadly edged with the colour of the back ; wings 

 dark brown, edged with olive-green rather brighter than the back ; 

 sides of the head and the whole lower plumage dull oily greenish 

 yellow with an ashy tinge. 



Legs and feet very dark plumbeous ; upper mandible and tip of 

 lower very dark brown ; rest of the bill pale plumbeous ; iris deep 

 brown (Hume fy Davison}. 



Length 3-3; tail 1 ; wing 1-8 ; tarsus '45 ; bill from gape -45. 



The name D. inornatum cannot be used for this species, for 

 Hodgson never published any description of the bird. He, more- 

 over, confounded together the females of D. inornatum and D. 

 ignipectus, as is shown by his specimens of both species in the 

 British Museum being numbered 393. 



Distribution. Occurs in Nepal, Sikhim, the Bhutan Doars, Shil- 

 long, the Naga hills, Manipur, the Toungngoo and Karen hills, 

 at Pap won, on the Sal ween river, "Wimpong, and Meet an near 

 Moulmein. This species ranges into the Malay peninsula and to 

 Sumatra. 



918. Dicaeum virescens. The Andamanese Flower-pecker. 



Dicreum virescens, Hume, S. F. i, p. 482 (1873), ii, p. 198 ; id. Cat. 

 no. 237 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, p. 46. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage olive-green, brightest on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, the feathers of the crown centred 

 darker ; wings and tail dark brown, edged with olive-green ; sides 

 of the head greenish ashy ; chin, throat, and breast ashy white ; 

 remainder of the lower plumage yellow. 



Length about 3*5; tail 1-1; wing 1'8; tarsus -5; bill from 

 gape -5. 



Distribution. The Andaman Islands. 



