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NOTES. 



therein given of 13 more specimens of this species which have 

 been added to my museum since that paper was written, 

 ten in the japonicus or variegated plumage and three in the 

 uniform fuliginous plumage. 



More than half of these specimens are sexed, and the sexing 

 confirms our previous suppositions : — 



No. Sex. Length of Bare portion 

 *wing. of tarsusf 



Locality. 



Amongst these specimens was a 14th which, to a casual ob- 

 server, was 'precisely similar, but a single glance at the long 

 thighs and tarsi the latter bare for 2'0, showed that small as the 

 bird looked, it was really ferox, and the wing, 16*9, and the 

 much stronger bill and feet confirmed the fact. 



On a former occasion I pointed out (III., 299-300) the 

 claims of Pachyglossa to be considered a distinct . genus alike 

 from Dicaum, JPrionochilus and Piprisoma on account of its 

 differently-shaped bill. I am not aware whether the female 

 of Pachyglossa melanoxantha has yet been described. I 

 myself have only recently seen one for the first time procured 

 (as most Sikhim novelties and rarities are) hy Mr. Mandelli. 



The coloration of this female, while indicating the affinity 

 of the genus with all the three above named, confirms in my 

 opinion the view which I formerly took of its distinctness. 



* Wing pressed flat on a table and measured on inside straight from carpal 

 joint to end of longest primary. 



■f- Measured from just within the points of the tarsal plumes on front of tarsus 

 to the articulation of the mid toe and tarsus. 



