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The next bird differs from the rest of this group by its bright 

 plumage, and the scale-like feathers of the head. 



Gen. Myzornis, Hodgson. 



Char. — Bill rather long, slightly curved, slender, entire; nostrils 

 almost closed by an impending scale; gape with a few fine vibrissa? ; 

 wings much graduated ; 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th quills sub-equal and 

 longest ; tail short, even ; tarsus moderate ; outer toe much syn- 

 dactyle ; claws moderately curved ; hind claw large. . Plumage 

 soft, dense, and copious, very puffy over the rump ; feathers of 

 the head scale-like ; tongue brushed. 



This genus is unhesitatingly placed by all modern Systematists 

 in the situation now given to it. It has some of the characters of 

 the Nectarinice, viz. the scale-like character of the feathers of the 

 head and its bright plumage ; but the white tips to the quills, and 

 the red bar on the wing are characters which point out its relation 

 to this sub-family. 



629. Myzornis pyrrhoura, Hodgson. 



J. A. S., XII. 984— Blyth, Cat. 521— Hoksf., Cat. 403— 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. VIII. pi. 7. — Llio sagvit-pho, Lepch. 

 i. e. the Mountain Honeysucker. 



The Fire-tailed Flower-pecker. 



Descr. — General colour fine lively grass-green, becoming bright 

 emerald green on the forehead and crown, the feathers of which 

 have black centres ; lores deep black, which color is continued 

 through the eyes ; under parts paler, with a slight rufous cast on the 

 throat and upper part of breast ; lower tail-coverts yellow ; wing- 

 coverts and tertiaries green, like the back ; primaries black, the 

 first eight with white tips, and mostly edged white ; the secondaries 

 edged red and white, and with a white spot on their tips ; tail 

 w T ith the central feathers green, faintly edged externally with red, 

 and tipped dark ; the other all dusky internally, red on their outer 

 webs, and black-tipped. 



Bill dusky brown; legs fleshy ; irides brown. Length 5£ inches; 

 wing 2f ; tail 2 ; bill at front \ ; tarsus \ . 



This very beautiful bird is rare at Darjeeling, and I only shot 

 one, myself, close to the station. It was clinging at the time to the 



