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B. auranlins with a sudden stop. As a rule they are silent birds, 

 and do not move about so much as their congeners. The pair I 

 shot did not appear to be breeding-. I have seen two or three 

 more of this species which I failed to secure. 



180.— Brachypternus aurantius, Lin. 



\%th January 1878, Female. — Length, 11*75 • expanse, 17*10; 

 wing, 5*58 ; tail from vent, 4*25 ; tarsus, 091 ; bill from gape, 

 1*42; at front, 1*20; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 2-25. 



llth March 1878, Female. — Length, 11*25; expanse, 16*0; 

 wing, 5*33 ; tail from vent, 4*25 ; tarsus, 0*83 ; bill from gape, 

 1*45 • bill at front, 1*16 ; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 1*60 ; weight, 2*87 ozs. Irides red. 



19th May 1878, Male.— Length, 11*40 ; expanse, 17*10 ; 

 wing, 5*16 • tail from vent, 3*92 ; tarsus, 0*90 ; bill from gape, 

 1*56; bill at front, 1*30; closed wings fall short of end of 

 tail, 2*08; weight, 3*87 ozs. Irides dark brown ; bill black ; 

 legs pea green • claws black. 



19th May 1878, Female.— Length, 11*10 ; expanse, 17*50 ; 

 wing, 5'42 ; tail from vent, 4*08 ; tarsus, 0*90 ; bill from gape, 

 1*58; at front, 1*30; closed wings fall short of end.: of 

 tail, 2*0 ; weight, 3*75 ozs. Irides red (maroon) ; bill black • legs 

 greenish ; claws black ; ovaries minute. 



Very common and a permanent resident. A noisy bird. It 

 must breed in June and July, because none of those that I dis- 

 sected showed signs of breeding. I have several times seen 

 this bird alight on the stems of trees as low down as nine inches 

 from the ground. 



195.— Cyanops asiatica, Lath. 



16th January 1878, Female. — Length, 9*0; expanse, 12*50 

 wing, 4*0; tail from vent, 3*0; tarsus, 1*0; bill from gape, 

 1*33; at front, 0*95; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 

 2-20. 



30^ May, Male. — Length, 9-0; expanse, 12*75; wing, 3*75 ; 

 tail from vent, 2*80 ; tarsus, 0*92; bill from gape, 1*37; at 

 front, 1*0 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 2*30 ; weight 

 2*62 ozs. Irides light brown ; eyelids red brown ; legs green- 

 ish ; claws horny ; bill — gape, above and below, yellowish for 

 half the length, rest dusky ; orbital skin brown ; mouth, inside 

 bluish green. This bird, on dissection, showed the breeding time 

 to be near. 



Very common, and a permanent resident. I believe it to be 

 entirely frugivorous, as insects could never be detected in their 

 stomachs. Numbers of this species and X. hcemacephala are seen 



