PLATE XXXI 



RIPPON'S HYBRID SILVER KALEEGE 



This bird has been given a name [Gennaeus ripponi), but no two birds are alike, and there is no 

 doubt but that it represents individuals which have a very large percentage of the blood of the Silver 

 Kaleege, with a relatively small amount of Black-breasted ancestry. I found a typical bird in a flock of 

 eleven in northern Burma. They showed great variation, and could not be classified with any specific 

 exactness, and only one approached the description of this hybrid form. 



