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and the preceding species he remarks, " The iris is white. 

 Neither of them inhabits the hills." 



B. viRiDis, Linn. — Again similar, but much smaller, not 

 exceeding 7^ or 7f in. long, the wing 4 in., and tail 2| in. ; bill 

 to forehead | in. Colour similar, but the brown of the head and 

 nape scarcely lineated ; that of the under parts pale, becoming 

 whitish on the throat. There are no pale specks on the wing- 

 coverts, nor traces of pale streaks on the green of the back. 

 " The ti'ue B. viridis," remarks Mr. Jerdon, " as I find on reference 

 to the figure in Temminck's pi. col. pi. 870, is the bird found on 

 the Nilgiris, and occasionally in other parts of the Malabar coast." 

 It is peculiar to the Indian peninsula. 



B. CHRYSOPOGON, Tem. (p. c. 285).— Length 11 in. and 

 upwards; the wing 5 in., and tail 3|- in.; bill to forehead 2 in. 

 Colour green, more yellowish beneath, and the nuchal and dorsal 

 feathers margined with brighter green ; forehead, supercilia, ear- 

 coverts, and throat, greyish-brown ; a large vivid yellow 

 moustache ; feathers immediately above the nostrils crimson ; 

 crown and occiput dusky, with crimson tips to the feathers, 

 margined with bright blue; the crimson predominating in the 

 middle, and the blue on the sides of the occiput ; a slight blue 

 gorget, margining the greyish-brown of the throat ; tail bluish 

 underneath (as usual in the genus) ; the terminal half of the 

 primaries edged with pale buff. Bill black, and the feet appear 

 to have been plumbeous. Young similar, with feathers of much 

 looser texture, and the colours, excepting the green, much less 

 brilliant. Inhabits the Malayan peninsula and Sumatra. 



B. VERSICOLOR, Baffles (Tem. p. c. 309). TaJcoor, Mai.; 

 TflTcoo, Sumatran (generic).— Length about lOin. ; the wing 4^ 

 to 4f in. ; and tail 3 in. ; bill to forehead 1|- in. Colour gi^een^, 

 more yellowish beneath, the nuchal and dorsal feathers margined 

 with brighter green ; forehead, crown, and occiput, crimson ; also 

 a spot below the eye, and another on each side of the base of the 

 fore-neck ; supercilia, chin and throat, and base of the moustache, 

 brilliant blue ; the remaining larger portion of the moustache' 

 bright orange-yellow; the lores and ear-coverts black; beak 

 black, the vibrissse reaching beyond its tip. Young similar, but 

 with the colours much less bright, and the forehead greenish. 

 Inhabits the Malayan peninsula and Sumatra, being particularly 

 abundant. 



