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rectricibus saturate bruuneis, late olivaceo marginatis, exterioribus paucis albido intus terminatis : 

 capitis lateribus olivascenti-viridibus : corpore subtus olivascente, pectore medio et abdomine rnagis 

 flavicantibus : gutture medio scarlatino lavato : subalaribus et remigum pogonio interno albis, his 

 flavido lavatis. 



Ilab. in peninsula indica, prsecipue in montibus Ilimalayanis. 



Adult Male. Forehead and greater portion of the crown deep metallic green ; occiput and nape olive ; sides 

 of the head and neck, upper back, scapulars, and least and median series of wing-coverts deep red ; 

 remainder of the wings dark brown, with the edges of the feathers olive partially washed with red on 

 the greater series of coverts ; lower back bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts metallic green ; tail black 

 with the greater portion of the two centre feathers and the margins of the others metallic green, often 

 slightly shaded with violet ; sides of the head deep red ; a triangular patch of black feathers in front of 

 the eye ; chin, throat, and crop blood-red ; a metallic violet moustachial baud ; remainder of the 

 underparts yellowish olive ; under surface of the wings dark brown with the inner margins of the quills 

 and the coverts white ; bill black shading iuto reddish brown on the lower mandible ; legs and irides 

 dark brown. Total length 6 inches, culmen 075, wing 235, tail 31, tarsus - 6. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-green, slightly more ashy on the crown ; least and median series of wing- 

 coverts olive like the back; remainder of the wings dark brown with broad golden olive edges to the 

 feathers ; tail dark brown, the feathers broadly edged with olive, and with narrow whitish tips to the 

 inner webs of a few of the outer feathers ; sides of the head olive-green ; underparts pale olive strongly 

 mottled with scarlet down the centre of the throat ; belly and under tail-coverts slightly yellower, 

 especially down the centre of the breast ; under surface of the wings dark brown with the inner margins 

 of the quills and the coverts white, the latter shaded with yellow; bill dark brown, with the lower 

 mandible rather paler; irides and legs dark brown. Total length 4'1 inches, culmen 0'7, wing T9, 

 tail T5, tarsus 0"55. 



Hab. Himalayas from Gurhwal eastward to Assam, Silhet, and Tipperah, and southward to the Chota 

 Nagpur district in Bengal. 



This well-known Indian form of JEthopyga may be readily distinguished by the crown and 

 metallic portions of the tail being green and the nape dull olive-brown : in these characters 

 jE. vigorsi much resembles it, but differs in having a patch of metallic plumes on the ear-coverts, 

 the throat finely streaked with yellow, and the abdomen more ashy and less olive. jE. cara, 

 another nearly allied form, differs in the metallic portions of the crown, upper tail-coverts, and 

 tail being more or less shaded with violet, and in the abdominal regions being more ashy. 



In the southern limits of its range on the Indian peninsula it occurs only as a straggler in 

 Barabhum, where Colonel Tickell met with his type specimens at Seheria flitting about the 

 willow bushes in the dried bed of a stream ; and Mr. V. Ball saw a specimen in the Ghats east of 

 Jona, while travelling between Ranchi and Purulia. 



It has on many occasions been confounded with 2E. cara, the closely allied Burmese form ; 

 and we are still unable to determine to which of these species the Silhet and Arracan birds 

 should be referred ; but most probably the present species inhabits the former locality, and 

 ^E. cara the Arracan district. 



With regard to its distribution our best authorities upon this subject are Messrs. Hume and 



