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the eyes, bordered by a pale yellow line, which encircles the 

 forehead, and extends through the lores, under the ears, sides 

 of neck, and hind neck, not quite meeting behind, being 

 separated by a small blue patch on the middle of the nape ; the 

 rest of the plumage above bright parrot-green ; quills with their 

 outer webs pale blue for the greater part, forming a conspicuous 

 blue wing-spot, dull blue green at their dp ; the inner webs dusky 

 black, with a white spot on some of the outermost feathers ; secon- 

 daries dull green ; winglet black ; tail blue ; the outer feathers 

 greenish-blue, and the inner webs of all dusky ; beneath, chin, throat, 

 and upper part of the neck, pale silky yellow ; the rest of the lower 

 parts bluish-green ; under surface of wings and tail dull blackish. 



Bill green, with the culmen black; orbitar skin yellow ; irides 

 brown ; legs and feet dull greenish-yellow. 



Length 14 inches; wing 4; extent 13; tail 5^; bill at 

 front I ; breadth f ; height -^-^ ; tarsus 1. 



This beautiful bird is found throughout the Himalayas, from a 

 low level to above that of 6,000 ft. : also in Assam, Burmah, and 

 apparently parts of Malayana, if Miiller's bird be correctly 

 identified with the Himalayan one. I found it about 4,000 ft. or so, 

 near Darjeeling ; but it is by no means a common bird there. It fre- 

 quents the densest parts of the forests, flying from tree to tree, soli- 

 tary or in pairs. I did not observe it capturing insects on the wing, 

 but I found, on examination, that it had eaten locusts and cicadas. 



The nest and eggs were once brought to me. The former was a 

 rather large structure of moss and grasses, loosely put together, 

 and was said to have been placed in a hole in a tree. The open- 

 ing of the nest had apparently been at the side, but it was so 

 much damaged by being pulled out of the hole, and was so little 

 coherent, that I could not exactly ascertain this point. The 

 eggs were two in number, and white. 

 This is the only species of the genus. 



Gen. Serilophus, Swainson. 



Syn. — Rai/a, postea Simornis, Hodgson. 



Bill very similar to that of the last, but smaller, moredepr essed, 

 and shallow ; the culmen less ridged, and the tomias less scarpt ; 



