BIRDS OF UPPER PEGU. 71 



173.— Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Gould. 



Specimens from Thayetmyo and its neighbourhood are iden- 

 tical with others from various parts of the Himalayas. Mr. Cates 

 remarks that this species is " found commonly all over the Pegu 

 Hills, but I have not met with it in the plains. Its cry is very 

 like that of the English Jackdaw. It must begin to lay about 

 the end of April. The following are dimensions taken from 

 several specimens. The sexes do not appear to differ in size : — 



"Length, 12-7 to 13'3; expanse, 195 to 20'3; tail, from 

 vent, 5*1 to 5*2; wing, 6*1 to 6*4; bill, from gape, 1*52 to 1'77; 

 tarsus, 1-09 to 1-18. 



" Bill, dusky bluish white ; iris, red ; eyelids, gape, and naked 

 skin at gape, greenish blue ; legs, dusky blue ; claws, horny." 



174.— Chrysophlegma chlorolophus, Vieil. 



Specimens from Upper Pegu differ in no respect from those 

 from various parts of the Himalayas. 



Mr. Oates says : " Occurs from Thayetmyo to Tonghoo, but is 

 not very common anywhere. No signs of breeding on the 25th 

 April. The following are dimensions taken from several speci- 

 mens, the sexes not differing aj>preciably in size : — 



" Length, 10-2 to 10*7 ; expanse, 165 to 17 ; tail, 8'8 to 4*5 j 

 wing, 53 to 5*5; bill, from gape, 1"1 to l - 27; tarsus, - 85 

 to 0-9. 



" Iris, bright red ; eyelids, lavender ; upper mandible, black, 

 except a small portion of the edges near the gape, which is lemon 

 yellow ; lower mandible, lemon yellow, except the tip and margins 

 of the anterior half, which are horny black ; inside of mouth, 

 dusky flesh color ; legs, dull greenish ; claws, bluish horny." 



177 Ms.— Geciimlus viridis, Myth. 



In some respects this species is very similar to Geclnulus grant/a, 

 but in the males the red of the crown extends in the present 

 species on to the occiput and nape, and in both sexes the whole 

 of the deep, dull red of the rest of the upper surface, which 

 characterizes grantia, is replaced in the present species by dull 

 olive green. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " I have found this species both on 

 the eastern and western slopes of the Pegu Hills, but never 

 in the plains, where, however, it may possibly occur. It is very 

 partial to climbing about the large bamboos which grow on these 

 hills. It appears to be a silent bird, and breeds, I apprehend, 

 about the close of April. The sexes do not differ perceptibly in size. 

 The following are the dimensions of two males and a female :— 

 Length, 10-25toir2; expanse, 15'5 to 17; tail, from vent, 

 4 to 4*25; wing, 5*1 to 52; bill, from gape, VIS to 1*22; 



