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the breast and upper abdomen, and in some specimens on the 

 entire lower surface, are strongly tinged or suffused with olive 

 yellow, olive green, or greenish fulvous, as the case may be. 

 The tint and the extent of its distribution vary in every 

 specimen. On the lower tail coverts the brown increases very 

 much in extent, so that the feathers might more properly be 

 called brown with cuneiform white bars. The lower surface of 

 the tail is generally dull black, browner on the exterior tail feathers, 

 with very little traces of spottings or barrings. The lower 

 surfaces of the quills are grey brown ; all the feathers with con- 

 spicuous oval white spots or imperfect bars on the inner webs — one 

 such at the base of the first primary, two or three at the base of 

 the second, four on the third, and so on, till on the secondaries 

 they extend almost to the tips. Wing lining mottled or irregu- 

 larly barred white and hair brown ; all but the greater coverts 

 commonly more or less suffused with green or olive yellow, as the 

 case may be. The entire back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail 

 coverts, wing coverts, except the primary greater ones, tertiaries, 

 and outer webs of secondaries, and tips also of the later of these, 

 a deep olive green, with a golden tinge very strong upon the 

 secondaries and tertiaries, and brightening to a clear yellow 

 on the middle of the rump. The winglet, primaries, and 

 their greater coverts, blackish brown, each feather with numerous 

 moderate-sized white spots or imperfect bars on the outer webs. 

 Traces of the same on the outer webs of the secondaries very 

 apparent on the first three or four, less so on the later ones, in 

 all veiled, and more or less obscured by the golden olive tint. 

 Tail, blackish brown ; sometimes almost spotless, sometimes with 

 numerous brownish white spots or imperfect bars on the basal 

 one-third or one-half, as the case may be. The basal portion 

 of the tail feathers is often a dull umber brown. Tibial plumes, 

 a dull earthy brown. 



172.— Gecinus occipitalis, Vigors. 



Specimens from Thayetmyo and its neighbourhood do not 

 appear separable from others, from the Tipperah Hills and various 

 parts of the Himalayas. 



Mr. Oates says : " This species appears to be common. I have 

 observed it from Thayetmyo to Tonghoo ; it feeds frequently on 

 the ground. I found both black and white ants hi the stomach of 

 one. The following is a resume of the dimensions of four 

 specimens, two of each sex, that I measured : — 



" Length, 12-8 to 13-2 ; expanse, 18*5 to 19-4 ; tail, from vent, 

 4-3 to 5 ; wing, 5*7 to 6 ; bill, from gape, 1*7 to 1*8 ; tarsus, 0*95 

 to 1-2. 



" Bill, blackish brown ; iris, dull red ; eyelids, purplish brown ; 

 legs, dull green ; claws, greenish horny." 



