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No. 24:0. Chloropsis hardwickii. — The Orange-bellied 

 Chloropsis (J. and S.). 

 Phijllornis hardwickii , Hume and Dav. " S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 327 ; 

 Scully, " S. F./' Vol. VIII, p. 297 ; Hume, " S. F.," Vol. XI, p. 185. 

 This species is veitj rare. I only procured a pair during five years' 

 collecting, and I was always on the look-out for them. 

 No. 250. Chloropsis chlorocephala. — Burmese Chloropsis ( Wuld.). 

 Inglis, " S. F.," Vol. V, p. 35 ; Hume, " S. F.," Vol. Ill, p. 127 ; id, 

 Vol. XI, p. 184 ; Hume and Dav., " S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 323; Bing., 

 " S. F.," Vol. IX, p. 183 ; Gates, " S, F,," Vol. X, p. 211. 



This Chloropsis is commoner than C. hardioickii ; one or two generally 

 being found in company with C. aurifrons. Its habits are the same as 

 the other Chloropsis. 



Genus Irena (Horsf., 1821), 

 No. 254. Irena puella. — The Fairy Blue-Bird (Lath.) 

 Hume, " N. and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol.1, p. 157; Hume, " S. F.," Vol.IIT, 

 p. 130 ; id., Vol. XI, p. 186 ; Inglis, " S. F.," Vol. V, p. 35 ; Hume 

 and Dav., " S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 328 ; Mur., " S. F.," Vol. VII, p. 114 ; 

 Hume, " S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 156 ; Bing., " S. F.," Vol. IX, p. 184 ; 

 Gates, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 211 ; David, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 387 ; 

 Taylor, " S. F.,^' Vol. X, p. 460. 



Necla Takee. In the young bird the upper plumage has a greenish colour gradually 

 turning to ultramarine. I have noticed these birds in some seasons 

 quite plentifully, and in others I have had hard v^^ork to procure even 

 a pair. Their whistle is composed of a single note and is easily 

 remembered. It is* very difficult to distinguish the sexes when on 

 high trees, as the ultramarine of the back and under tail-coverts is 

 hidden when the bird is facing you ; the only way to be certain is 

 by the deep black of the breast feathers in the male which are much 

 darker than in the female. 



Genus Melanochlora (Lesson, 1839). 



No. 255. Melanochlora sultanea. — The Sultan Bird (Hodgs.). 



Hume, " S. F.,'^ Vol. Ill, p. 143 ; id., XI, p. 256 ; Hume and Dav., 

 "S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 378; Scully, "S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 324; Bing., 

 " S. F.," Vol. IX, p. 190 ; Gates, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 228. 



I have only procured a single bird of this species which is exceedingly 

 rare here. 



