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I have I find prepared a second description of this bird. It 

 is one of which it is extremely difficult to convey by words a 

 really correct idea. Neither description probably is what it should 

 be, but I will give both, and leave my readers to take their 

 choice. 



This species is very similar to, but somewhat smaller and 

 everywhere yellower and paler in color than, Iole olivacea, des- 

 cribed above. 



The entire cap a pale rufescent brown, with an olivaceous 

 tinge ; all the feathers sharply pointed ; the whole of the back 

 of the neck, scapulars, and rump a dull pale greenish, or green- 

 ish yellowish, olive brown; the wings pale hair brown, both webs 

 of the tertiaries and the outer webs of the rest of the quills with 

 a very faint brownish rufescent shade, and all the feathers, 

 quills, and coverts margined and more or less suffused with the 

 same color as the back; upper tail-coverts decidedly more 

 rufescent than the back ; tail pale rufescent brown, the feathers 

 margined on the outer webs, especially towards their bases, with 

 the color of the upper tail-coverts ; a streak from the nostrils 

 to the upper part of the eye, and sometimes the whole lores dull 

 pale greenish yellow ; often the lower part of the lores are 

 slightly duskier ; the chin and cheeks are much the same color 

 as the lore stripe or sometimes the whole lores ; the throat 

 slightly paler, greyer, and sometimes more albescent ; the ear- 

 coverts and the sides of the neck much like the back, but usual- 

 ly a little greener ; sometimes the former a little tinged with 

 the color of the head ; breast pale greyish yellow, a little 

 streaked with a purer yellow; sides of the abdomen similar 

 but rather yellower and less grey ; central line of the abdomen 

 and vent nearly unmixed pale yellow, a shade between creamy 

 and primrose yellow ; lower tail-coverts pale, faintly ochraceous 

 yellow; sides of the breast, body, and flanks pale greyish 

 olive green ; wing-lining and axillaries very pale pure yellow ; 

 inner margins of the inner webs of the quills white, faintly 

 cream}'. Some specimens have the rufous tint on the head 

 more strongly marked and the back browner, others are every- 

 where greener. 



456.— Rubigula flaviventris, Tick. (35). 



(Tonghoo t Karennee, Earns.) Kyouk-nyat ; Dargwin ; Palipoon ; Sal ween E.- 

 Theinzeik ; Thatone ; Thoungya Sakan ; Myawadee ; Moulmein ; Assoou ; 

 Amherst j Lemyne ; Pabyin ; Pakchan. 



Common throughout the province but not ascending the 

 higher hills. 



[Occurring throughout the province except on the highest 

 hills, and comparatively abundant everywhere; it frequents 

 forests (where not very dense), scrub jungle and gardt- \ 



