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147. Palaeornis nepalensiS.— Bill dusky cherry-red with 

 yellowish tip; lower mandible paler. The demi-collar dull peach-rose. 

 The glaucous blue is confined to the nape and does not extend to the 

 cheeks. Feet dull ochrey. The wing-spot is dark crimson. 



148. P. torquatus. — The blue wash on nape and sides of neck 

 extends also to mantle and upper back, where it merges into the 

 green. The nuchal ring of the females is emerald above and greenish- 

 yellow below. 



150. P. SChisticeps. — Head dark slaty. The demi-collar of 

 emerald-green has its posterior border ill-defined. The young male, 

 January, length ]3"2, has no wing-spot. 



152. P. fasciatus. — Bill: upper mandible cherry-red, yellow- 

 ish at tip ; lower horny-black. Frontal band deep black. No superci- 

 lium. What seems a young male, in November, has bill entirely black, 

 and the under-surface from the throat downwards uniform green. 

 Mr. Gammie has shot it in spring at 3,800.' 



155. Picus maj oroides.— Bill : upper mandible blackish-slaty ; 

 lower pale bluish-grey in its anterior two-thirds. Average length 

 8 inches — none exceed 8'7. The general colour of the under-surface is 

 a dingy isababelline, becoming dingy fulvous-buff on breast and 

 abdomen, and merging into orange on the vent. No white spot on 

 outer web of first primary. The three outer tail feathers are banded 

 with yellowish. The lower forehead is dingy fulvous-grey. Neck 

 patch is dull orange — in none is it silky golden-yellow, and it is not 

 perceptibly duller in the adult females. A young male in September, 

 length 7'7, has the crown feathers tipped with crimson, while there 

 is no crimson on the nape ; and its under-surface is almost as deeply 

 streaked as in the adult ; but its neck patches are pale tawny. It 

 ranges up to the pine forests of Tankar La about 13,000 feet. 



156. P. cathpharius. — These two birds agree well with 

 Jerdon's descriiDtion of this species except in size, — both are only 5'7 

 in length. One is a male from Gurubathan, 2,000 feet, in March, and 

 has the full adult markings. The other, a young male from Single La 

 10,000, in November, and is also deeply marked with the exception of 

 the crimson nuchal patches and gorget which are very pale crimson-buff, 



157. P. macei. — Bill dusky plumbeous ; anterior half of 

 lower mandible livid, but not reddish. Irides dark brown. Lower 

 forehead light fulvous-grey. Crest of male crimson mixed with ashy- 

 black. The oval vspots on side of breast are black, and the lower 

 breast and abdomen are streaked with black or dusky, becoming 

 irregular transverse bars on the loins. Thighs are fulvous-grey. 

 Under tail coverts crimson. 



161. HypopicUS hyperythrus.— Bill : upper mandible 

 horny-black ; lower pale bony -yellow, greenish at the base. Forehead 



