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REMARKS ON THE GENUS IORA. 



(Head of Mull male 25-9 "W. 2 5; 

 Ghat). 



„ „ juv. 25-9 W. 2-51 ; 



Matheran P 1-11 W. 2-4; 



„ male 1-11 W.. 2 4; 



Valley of Tapti „ May 74. W. 2-42; 



„ „ May 74. W. 25; B. 07 



Mount Aboo 



„ fern. 22-5 W. 257; 



*Chanda male ? W. 255: 



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12-2 W. 2 5; B. 



* „ fern. 18-3 W. 255 ; 



50 miles north of 



* Chanda. male 12-2 W. 2-57; 



* 



B. 7 Occiput black, rest of head and 

 middle of back patched black. 



B. 0'65 Young, precisely like females. 



B. 0-64 Similar to all females. 



B. 07 Whole upper surface olive 

 green, clouded with black, 

 and a black patch in mid-back ; 

 quill margins, except of tail, al- 

 most obsolete. 



B, 0'65 Like the Rameswarum male, but 

 the quill margins are a little 

 more apparent. 

 Same as the Matheran male, with 

 the head black. 

 22-7 W. 2-5 ; B. 0-63 Like first Wynaad male, but with 

 lower wing bar and quill mar- 

 gins more obsolete, and show- 

 ing a trace of yellow on the 

 upper back. 



B. 0'65 Like other females, but a clearer 

 brighter yellow below and on 

 face and forehead. 



B. 072 Nearly typical zeylonica plu- 

 mage, but second wing bar 

 and colored margins to quills 

 well marked ; a good deal of 

 yellowish green intermingled 

 on nape and back. 



Head mostly black; back green, 

 a little patched with black. 



B. 0-66 Female of the slightly duller 



Saugor type. 

 B. 0'65 Precisely like Ceylon females, 

 but wings and tail black. 

 W. 2-53 ; B. 0'65 Some black feathers about crown 

 and occiput ; wings and tail 

 black ; rest as in Ceylon females. 

 W. 235 ; B. 07 Breeding zeylonica plumage. 

 Second wing bar nearly disap- 

 peared, a good deal of yellowish 

 green mingled on nape and 

 back. 



B. 65 Head and nape black ; back 

 mingled black and green and 

 greenish yellow, much yellow 

 on upper back. 

 Like Ceylon male, but occiput 

 glossy black, and crown and 

 entire back and rump lighter, 

 being less shaded with black. 



B. 065 Precisely cold weather typhia 

 plumage. 



B. 07 Of the dull Saugor type. 



B. 63 Ditto ditto. 



B. - 65 Like Ceylon and other females, 

 but more faded above and below 

 and quill margins broader. 



B. 07 Like Seoni female. 



B' 0-6 Ditto. 



B. 064 Crown and nape black ; upper 

 back mingled pale yellow and 

 black ; rump pale yellowish 

 green ; second wing bar nearly 

 obsolete ; quill margins incon- 

 spicuous. 



2-2 



* Pranhita jun- „ 

 gles. 



Nagpore „ 23rd July W. 26 ; 



Hoshangabad „ 1-8 W. 25; B. 0'63 



f Below Puch- „ 12-2 W. 26; 



murrie. 



+ „ fern. 12-2 W. 265; 



t » W - 2 ' 55 ! 



Seoni „ ? W. 25 ; 



„ 16-7 W. 2-45 



„ 17-7 W- 2-5; 



male 20-7 W. 2-5; 



