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  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Dresser 
  on 
  Acredula 
  cauclata 
  

  

  Genus 
  Xantholjema. 
  

   Xantholfcina 
  hiematocepliala. 
  X. 
  malabarica. 
  

  

  X. 
  rubricapilla. 
  X. 
  rosea. 
  

  

  X. 
  australis. 
  X. 
  intermedia. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Psilopogon. 
  

   Psilopog'on 
  pyrolophus. 
  

  

  XXIII. 
  — 
  On 
  Acredula 
  caudata 
  and 
  its 
  allied 
  Forms. 
  

   By 
  H. 
  E. 
  Dresser, 
  F.L.S., 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Some 
  two 
  years 
  ago, 
  when 
  Count 
  Salvador! 
  was 
  in 
  London, 
  

   I 
  showed 
  him 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  peculiar 
  form 
  of 
  Acredula 
  

   received 
  from 
  Greece, 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  obtained 
  on 
  Mount 
  

   Olympus 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Th. 
  Kriiper. 
  Though 
  generally 
  resembling 
  

   Acredula 
  rosea, 
  it 
  differed 
  in 
  several 
  particulars 
  from 
  that 
  bird. 
  

   Count 
  Salvadori 
  pronounced 
  it 
  to 
  belong, 
  in 
  his 
  opinion, 
  to 
  a 
  

   perfectly 
  distinct 
  species, 
  and 
  urged 
  me 
  to 
  describe 
  it. 
  This 
  

   I 
  was 
  loth 
  to 
  do 
  on 
  the 
  faith 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  S2)ecimen, 
  and 
  I 
  

   elected 
  to 
  wait 
  until 
  I 
  could 
  procure 
  more. 
  But 
  I 
  have 
  as 
  

   yet 
  not 
  succeeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  another 
  specimen 
  from 
  Greece, 
  

   where 
  it 
  must 
  consequently 
  be 
  a 
  rare 
  bird. 
  When, 
  last 
  

   autumn. 
  Count 
  Salvadori 
  again 
  visited 
  England, 
  he 
  urged 
  

   me 
  to 
  lose 
  no 
  further 
  time 
  in 
  characterizing 
  this 
  bird, 
  and 
  I 
  

   handed 
  it 
  over 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  proposed 
  that 
  he 
  should 
  describe 
  

   it. 
  But 
  this 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  do, 
  and 
  I 
  therefore 
  arranged 
  to 
  

   describe 
  it 
  conjointly 
  with 
  him, 
  which 
  I 
  did 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  meeting 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists^ 
  Club 
  in 
  1892, 
  giving 
  it 
  the 
  name, 
  

   which 
  Count 
  Salvadori 
  suggested, 
  of 
  Acredula 
  macedonica. 
  

   As 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  B.O.C., 
  I 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  of 
  giving 
  

   a 
  fuller 
  description 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Acredula 
  macedonica, 
  Salvad. 
  & 
  Dresser, 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  

  

  iv. 
  p. 
  XV*. 
  

  

  ^ 
  ad. 
  Fronte 
  et 
  parte 
  media 
  pilei 
  usque 
  ad 
  occiput 
  

   albidis 
  ; 
  lateribus 
  pilei 
  a 
  rostri 
  basi 
  usque 
  ad 
  cervicem 
  

   latissirae 
  nigris 
  ; 
  dorso 
  et 
  corpore 
  supra 
  sicut 
  in 
  A. 
  rosea 
  ; 
  

   genis 
  albidis 
  fusco 
  variis 
  ; 
  gula 
  albida 
  in 
  medio 
  plaga 
  

   fusca 
  ornata, 
  et 
  a 
  pectore 
  fascia 
  pectoral! 
  transversa 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  also 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe's 
  remarks, 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  v. 
  p. 
  xxiii. 
  

  

  