250 A CONTKIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL, 



This Rufous Woodpecker seemed to be rather rare in the 

 valley of Nepal. The only specimen secured was shot in the 

 Residency g^rounds. 



186. — Vivia innominata, Burt. 



Male, June. — Lenorth, 4*05 ; expanse, 7'25 ; wino^, 2'3 ; tail, 

 1-3 ; tarsus, 0'5 ; bill from gape, 0*5 ; bill at front, 0-45 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 0"65. 



Bill plumbeous black ; irides brown ; feet darkish plumbeous. 



Two females, May and June. — Length, 3*9 to 4 ; wing, 

 2-3 to 2-35 ; tail, 1-3 to 1-35 ; tarsus, 045 to 0-5 ; bill from 

 gape, 0*5 to 0*52 ; bill at front, 0*4 ; closed wings short of tail, 

 0-65. 



Bill plumbeous, or dusky plumbeous, lighter below ; irides 

 brown ; feet plumbeous ; claws dusky. 



The fifth primary is longest, the sixth nearly equal to it, and 

 the fourth shorter than the sixth. The tongue can be protrud- 

 ed over an inch beyond the tip of the bill. The male has 

 the forehead green, and above this there is a rufous brown 

 bar which is spotted with black ; the female has no chestnut on 

 the head. 



The Speckled Pieulet is fairly common in woods in the 

 central part of the valley of Nepal, and in some parts of the 

 forests at the foot of the hills. I found it quite a tree birdj 

 and never noticed it in tangled brushwood, &c., as mentioned by 

 Jerdon. 



191.— Megalaema marshallorum, Sivinh. 



Male, December. — Length, 12 ; expanse, 18 ; wing, 5'7 ; tail, 

 3*9 ; tarsus, 1*25 ; bill from gape, 2*1 ; bill at front, 1*5 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 2 "8. 



Bill yellow horny, greenish towards the tip ; culmen from 

 nai'es bluish black, darkest at tip ; irides dark brown ; feet 

 dingy horny green ; claws black. 



Three females, December and May. — Length, 12'3 to 13*4; 

 expanse, 18 to 19 ; wing, 5*45 to 5"53 ; tail, 385 to 4-2 ; tarsus, 

 1-2 to 1-3 ; bill from gape, 2-05 to 213 ; bill at front, 1-53 to 

 1'63 ; closed wing short of tail, 3 to 3*4. 



Bill greenish yellow horny; the culmen from nostrils to tip 

 black or dusky ; irides deep brown ; feet dingy pale green ; 

 claws slaty black. 



In both sexes the head and nape are dark violet blue ; the 

 hind neck with the feathers conspicuously striated with pale 

 yellow, forming a sort of half collar ; the primaries are not 

 blue-green as stated by Jerdon in his description : the first and 



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