184 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



plumage, viz., the magnificent golden bronze of the central 

 portion of the throat and upper breast. 



The male has the entire cap emerald metallic green, some- 

 what darker than in L. braziliana ; the lores, sides of the head 

 and neck, interscapulary region, and upper back velvet black ; 

 lesser and median coverts, scapulars, lower half of back, rump 

 and upper tail coverts, metallic green in one light, more or less 

 puce color in another ; tail black, with a violet tinge, becoming 

 puce in all lights on the margins of the feathers, especially to- 

 wards their bases ; chin, and sometimes a little of the middle of 

 the upper throat joining the chin, black; rest of the middle of 

 the throat, front of the neck, and upper breast, a magnificent 

 golden bronze; more bronzy in one light, redder in another, es- 

 pecially on the upper part of the throat ; a line running down 

 from the base of the lower mandible on either side bounding the 

 golden bronze, lower part of breast and upper part of abdomen 

 metallic, more or less violet in one light, puce-colored in another ; 

 axillary tufts bright yellow ; wing-lining, sides (a little streaked 

 with greyish white) , lower abdomen, vent, and lower tail-coverts 

 black or dusky black ; quills and their greater coverts blackish 

 brown, paling on the inner webs, and the coverts with a faint 

 purplish reflection. 



In some specimens the margins to the tail feathers are decided- 

 ly green ; in others patches of green are intermingled with the 

 violet or puce. 



Of the female a very careful description will be found, S. F., 

 III., 319 n, and it will be noticed that she has conspicuous 

 white tips to the lateral tail feathers, of which there is no trace 

 in the male. 



In a young male the top and sides of the head, back and sides 

 of the neck and upper back are grey brown, with a few green 

 feathers breaking through on the occiput, a few black ones on 

 the middle of the back and sides of the neck, and the ear-coverts 

 are entirely black ; on the lower parts there are only a few puce- 

 colored feathers ; the parts usually of this color being yellowish 

 white. The golden bronze patch is less in extent, and the cen- 

 tral tail feathers are not fully developed 3 otherwise the bird is 

 like the adult. 



233 bis.— Leptocoma braziliana,* Om. (33). 



Moulmein ; Amherst ; Yea; Om-a-gwen; Tavoy ; Pabjin ; Mergui ; Choung- 

 thanoung ; Baukasoon ; Malewoon. 



Occurs from Moulmein southwards, rare at first, becoming 

 more common lower down the province. 



* For reasons for adhering to this name, vide S. F., V.j 278 . 



