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REMARKS ON THE GENUS IORA. 



t Talehir 



male 4-12 



W. 2- 



t „ ,. 6-12 



t Atghur fern. 17-11 



* Belaspoor male 



W. 2-6; 



W. 25 ; 



? W. 2 6 : 



* Maunbliuui „ 20-12 W. 247 j 



* „ fern. 20-12 W. 2-55 : 



* Singbhum „ 26-3 W. 2 5 ; 

 f „ male 1-4 W. 2 4 ; 



t Hazareebagh/ew. 1-1 W. 2-42 ; 



Calcutta ,, January W. 2-4 ; 



„ 29-12 W.2-4; 



31-1 W.2-4; 



21-12 W. 2-46 : 



? W. 24 ; 



male 



? W.255 



„ „ 31-1 W. 2-5 ; 



S a m n u ggur „ Spring W. 2'47 ; 

 near Calcutta. 



* C al cu tt a (tw elve 



females, 

 no date) 



* „ male W. 25 ; 



January W. 2'65 



male 



(four males, 

 no date) 

 28-8 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 24-8 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



W. 2 6 ; 

 W. 25 ; 

 W. 2-45 : 

 W. 2 43 

 W. 25 ; 

 W. 245 

 W. 2 57 

 W. 2 5 ; 



W' 2 17: 



B. 71 Precisely like Ceylon females ; 



a young bird. 



Do. do. 



Identical with Ceylon females. 

 Breeding plumage, second wing 



bar and coloured margins of 



quills strongly marked, much, 



green intermingled on back. 

 Absolutely like Ceylon ? , but 



wings and tail black. 

 Absolutely identical with Ceylon 



females. 



B. 069 

 B. 0-69 

 B. 07 



B. 07 

 B. 066 



B. 7. 

 B. 07 



B. 07 

 B- 07 

 B. 065 



B. 07 

 B. 0-68 

 B. 0-73 



7-2 W. 2 5 ; B. 0"7S 



„ January W. 25 ; B. 0- 



B. 07 



B. 07 

 B. 069 



Occiput, nape and middle back 

 much shaded with black ; chin, 

 throat and breast golden yel- 

 low. 



Identical with Ceylon females. 



Precisely similar to Ceylon $ . 



Same as preceding, but with faint 

 dusky terminations to the feath- 

 ers. 



Like preceding. 



Do. but a trifle greener. 



Plumage same as first female (i.e.) 

 inseparable from Ceylon $ . 



Wings and tail black ; head, back, 

 and rump olive green ; the 

 feathers all tinged towards or 

 fringed at the tips blackish, 

 only conspicuous on the middle 

 of back and on occiput. 



Like the Ceylon female, but faint 

 traces of a dusky fringing to 

 the feathers of the upper sur- 

 face, and wings and tail black. 



Like preceding, but purer yellow 

 beneath, and no trace of dusky 

 fringing to feathers. 



Identical with preceding. 



Crown and upper back pencilled 

 black ; middle back largely 

 patched black ; chin and throat 

 deep golden yellow. 



All precisely similar to females 

 from other parts of India. 



B. 0-7 



Upper plumage green, pencilled 

 with black ; two large black 

 patches on back ; and throat, 

 intense yellow as in Ceylon 

 specimens. 

 B. - 65 Upper suface green, pencilled with 

 black ; head a good deal tinged 

 yellow ; chin and throat intense 

 golden yellow. 



Precisely like Ceylon females, but 



wings and tails black. 



0-65 "| 



062 j 



i?7 ^-Typical tiphia ; head and back 



07 i a little fringed black. 



055 J 



B. 



r>. 



B. 

 B. 

 B. 

 B. 

 B. 

 B. 

 B. 



065 

 063 

 0-68 



0-08 



Similar, but with large black 

 patches on middle of back. 



