402 RECENTLY-DESCRIBED SPECIES. 



Muller, ex-Timor, to form a small natural section. Wing, 4f 

 inches ; bill, ■§-. 



Described from a single Ceylon example. — Ann. 8f Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, Vol. V, p. 416, 1870. 



Ducula griseicapilla, Walden. 



Chiu and throat pure white ; remainder of lower surface pale 

 grey, the breast being tinged with lilac ; back of neck vinous ; 

 interscapulary region brown, with a vinous tinge ; wing-coverts 

 brown, like the back, but not so strongly tinted with vinous ; 

 quills dark brown, almost black ; uropygium and upper tail- 

 coverts dark ash ; rectrices above dark brown, with a broad 

 grey terminal baud ; lower surface of rectrices pale grey ; 

 under tail-coverts pale cream-colour ; forehead, crown, nape, 

 cheeks, and ear-coverts pure French grey. 



Wing, 9-5 ; tail, 8*5 ; bill from forehead, 1; tarsus, 1 ; middle 

 toe, 1-75. 



Iris ( 5 ) greyish white ; orbits grey-brown ; bill reddish 

 plum-colour, pale at tip." — Wardlaw Ramsay. 



Described from examples obtained by Lieutenant Wardlaw 

 Ramsay on the Karen hills, at from 4,000 to 4,200 feet. A 

 representative form of D. insignis and D. badia. — Ann. Sf Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 1875, 5. 4, Vol. 16, p. 228. 



Megalaima Ramsayi, Walden. 



The broad superciliary stripe composed of silvery-grey- 

 centred feathers, giving a streaked appearance to the super- 

 cilium. Otherwise plumage and dimensions of M. Franklini. 



I have compared a large series of typical examples of M. 

 Franklini from Darjeeling and Asalu, with a considerable series 

 of this form obtained by Lieutenant Wardlaw Ramsay, at 

 altitudes varying from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, in the Karen-nee 

 hills. That gentleman records the iris as being " nut-brown ;" 

 bill black; basal portion of maxilla and lower part of mandible 

 slate-colour ; legs dirty greenish white." Sexes alike. — A. fy 

 M. N. H., June 1875, p. 400. 



iEthopyga sanguinipectus, Walden. 



Above as in A. saturata, (Hodgs.), the yellow band on the 

 rump being somewhat more developed. Underneath, all the 

 chin, throat, and two streaks diverging from the throat and 

 descending to the breast metallic violet blue ; upper part of 

 breast velvety black ; remainder of under surface pale yellow, 

 many of the lower breast-feathers being centred and streaked 

 with blood-red. A representative form of JE. saturata. Bill, 

 0*65 ; wing, 2-12; middle pair of rectrices, 3*25 . Described 

 from six examples discovered and obtained by Lieutenant 



