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head, and black chin and nuchal ring bordering the lavender tint. General colour of the 

 upper parts vivid green, a little paler underneath, and not yellowish as in P. Bengalen- 

 sis, but tinged about the nape with verditer ; maronne wing-spot as in P. Bengalensis ; 

 and tail wholly yellow underneath, the two middle feathers green above near the base, 

 then bright blue, and the terminal third yellow ; the other tail feathers all yellow on the 

 inner web and tip, having the rest of the outer web green. Upper mandible bright Ver- 

 million as far as the notch, its tip and the whole lower mandible yellowish-white ; feet as 

 usual. Length 16 inches, of which the tail occupies 9| inches, its middle pair of feathers 

 reaching 2| inches beyond the next pair ; wing from bend 61 inches, and tarse \ inch. 



2. Picus squamatus. — Female ; having the crown and nape black instead of red. 



3. P. Himalai/anus, Jardineand Selby; an immature female. 



4. P. hrunnifrons, Gould and Vigors. Male and female. The collection contained 

 four specimens of this species. 



5. Myophonus Temminckii. — One of seven specimens. 



6. Turdus viscivorus. — The European Missel Thrush, one of three specimens, and 

 selected for the purpose of shewing a veritable Himalayan example of this well known 

 bird. 



7. Petrocincla erythrogastra ; Turdus erythrog aster, Vigors. — A bad specimen, but 

 we had previously only the female of this fine species, of which the present collec- 

 tion contains also an example. 



8. Orocetes cinclorhyncha, G. Gray. — Examples of the summer and winter dress of 

 this bird, selected from ten specimens ; the whole of which according in their plu- 

 mage, it may be presumed that there is no sexual diversity of colouring, as might be 

 suspected from its near affinity to the Redstarts. The only seasonal difference consists 

 in the feathers being slightly margined in winter with brownish on Ihe back, and the 

 blue coronal feathers with dusky. The Museum contains an example of this bird in 

 nestling plumage. 



9. Cinclus Pallasii, Auct. — The Himalayan Dipper, adult and young. A welcome 

 addition to our collection, but the young bird especially is in very unsatisfactory con- 

 dition. 



10. (Enicura maculata. One of three specimens, and selected from its appearing to 

 present the opposite sex to that previously in the Museum. 



11. Muscipeta paradisea. Female. A bad specimen, but which will serve to fill the 

 place of this species until better examples of both sexes can be procured. 



12. Lanius erythronotus. — One of two specimens. 



13. L. Hardivickii.— Both these species were labelled ** Indian Mocking bird." 

 Several of the Shrikes have been frequently stated to repeat the notes of other birds with 

 much facility. 



14. Coccothraustes icterioides. Female. The sombre plumage of this sex was want- 

 ing in our Museum, where, however, there is a fine male, and the present collection 

 contains two other males. 



15. Columba leuconota, Vigors. 



16. Lophophorus Impeyanus,-^Ma\e and female ; the collection containing five 

 females and four males of this resplendent bird. 



17. Phasianus Wallichii: Lophophorus Wallichii, Hardwicke ; Ph. Stacei, Vigors 

 and Gould. — Male and female; of which species, four males and two females were sent. 



