296 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



In general size and colour it is perfectly similar to Trichas 

 persoimtus, although the wings and tail are rather shorter: it 

 is, however, at once distinguished by the structure of its feet : 

 the two lateral toes are all but equal, and they are shorter than 

 the hind toe ; whereas in personatus the inner toe is consider- 

 ably the shortest, and the outer toe is as long as the hind one. 

 These characters have been drawn from many specimens, both 

 old and young. 



48. Chloropsis mysticalis. 

 Entirely green, with a blue 



stripe beneath the ears. {fig. 47.) 



Inhabits India ? Mus. Nost. 



Total length 6 inches ; bill, gape 

 /g ; wings 3 ; tail, beyond, 1| ; tarsus 

 ■JS^ ; the smallest species I have 

 yet seen. 



49. Calyptomina Rafflesia. 



Green : gape smooth : spot on the ears, and three 

 bands upon the wings, 

 black. Tail short,even, 

 the feathers truncate 

 and slightly emargin- 

 ate. (fig.'AS. a) Calyp- 

 tomina viridis, Raffles. 

 Cat. Lin.Tr.xiii.295. 



The discovery of the 

 following species, equal- 

 ly green, renders the 

 original specific name for this so objectionable, that I think 

 ornithologists will agree in distinguishing it, hereafter, by that 

 of its original discoverer, no less illustrious as a naturalist, 

 than as a statesman. The sexes, according to sir S. Raffles, 

 are coloured precisely alike. 



50. Calyptomina caudacuta. 



Entirely green. Gape with setaceous hairs : tail 

 rounded; the feathers narrowed towards their tips, which 

 terminate in fine soft points, {fig. 48. h) 



Inhabits India. Mus. Nost. 



Size rather larger than the last. General colour of a Chh- 



