364 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



"Ii'is brown ; maxilla black, mandible slaty or grey ; feet slaty 

 or grey". 



Total length 106, 102; wing 48, 50; tail 40, 40; tarsus 14, 

 13; bill from gape 10, 11 mm. 



529. Erythnrura prasina (Sparrm.). 



Loxia prasina, Spairmah, Mus. Carls, ii, 1788, pis 72, 73 (Java). 

 Erythrura prasincf,, A., p. 405 (Bokpyin to Malewoon); 0. i, p. 370 

 (S. Teiiasserim). 



10 c? , 15 2 . Tasan, Chmiiporn, P. Siam, 13-29 March 1919 

 [Nos. 4556-8, 4645-6, 4661-3, 4685, 4700, 4710-1, 4743, 4761-4 

 4775-7, 4799, 4800, 4840, 4681-2, 4902, 4920]. 



"Iris dark ; bill black ; feet pinkish fleshy". 



Total length s , 153, 142, 150, 153, 149, 142, 148; 9, 123; 

 128, 126, 125, 125, 135, 127, 128, 133, 128, 122, 120, 138; wing S , 

 60, 60, 59, 58, 58, 60, 59 ; $ , 58, 54, 57, 59, 62, 60, 58, 57, 60, 57, 

 60, 58, 58 ; tail S , 67, 58, 62, 65, 63, 60, 65 ; $ , 42, 43, 40, 38, 42, 

 48, 48, 48, 45, 40, 38, 38, 48; tarsus d , 14.5, 16, 14, 16, 15.5, 15, 15 ; 

 $ , 14.5, 14, 15, 15, 15, 14, 15, 15, 14, 14.5, 15, 14, 14.5 ; bill from 

 gape 6 , 13, 15, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15 ; $ , 14, 13.5, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14.5, 

 14, 14, 14, 14.5, 14. 14 mm. 



A young male is like the females but with a few spots of red 

 on the lower breast. An adult male [No. 4645] has the upper tail 

 coverts and the centre of the abdomen bright yellow instead of red : 

 this abnormality is not uncommon. 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, J878. E. (). Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Mull«r, Die Ornis dcr Insel Salanga, 188-2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oalos, Birds Brit. Burniah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. C frairdner, Joiirn. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. F. M, S. Museums, v. 1915 



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