372 BIRDS OCCURRING IN INDIA NOT DESCRIBED 



dence in the opinion that the single specimen which I have 

 called H. nisoides denotes a peculiar race, which should be 

 sought for in Butan (as also Hierax rnelanoleucus, Alcedo grandis, 

 Indicator xanthonotus, and other Sikhim rarities.) There cer- 

 tainly is not that fusion of different races which we observe in 

 the instances of the Indian and Indo-Chinese Rollers and 

 in different specific races of Gallophasis. — Blyth, " Ibis" 1866. 



216 &^.~Phcenicophaus pyrrhocephalus, Pen. 



Its length is sixteen inches ; its weight four ounces. 



The bill is much arched, strong", and of a greenish yellow 

 colour ; the crown of the head and part of the cheeks are of a 

 bright crimson, entirely surrounded by a band of white ; the 

 hind part of the head and neck black, marked with small white 

 spots ; the foreparts of the neck entirely black. 



The back and wings black ; the tail very long, composed of 

 feathers of unequal lengths ; their lower part black ; the ends 

 white. 



The breast and belly white ; the legs of a pale blue. — Pennant's 

 "hid.Zool" 



217 ter.— Centrococcyx chlororhynchus, Blyth. 



Distinguished from C. rufipennis by its much larger bill of a 

 uniform greenish yellow colour, by the darker shade, bordering 

 on maroon, of its back and wings, and by the peculiar hue of 

 the dark head, neck, and under parts, which have a somewhat 

 ruddy tinge, and are glossed with amethystine purple, a redder 

 shine of which is seen likewise to gloss the upper parts ; tail 

 purple black. Length about 18 inches, of which the tail mea- 

 sures half; its outermost feathers 9*5 inch less ; wing, 6 5 inch; 

 bill to gape, 1*75 inch; and its vertical depth fully *5 inch ; 

 tarsi, 2 inch ; and long hind claw, about 1 inch ; irides red. A 

 rather local species in the upland territory. — Blyth, " Ibis" 1867. 



240 Us.— Prionochilus pipra, Less. Cent. Zool.pl.26. 



Although I do not in the least believe in this being either a 

 Prionochilus or an inhabitant of Ceylon, yet there being, so far 



