CHLOROPSIS SONNERATI. 



the males have yet to be discovered. The only species whose females we 

 do not yet know, are C. aurifrons and cyanopogon, and to neither of these 

 do those alluded to approach. 



For the specimen from which our figure is taken, we are indebted to Mr 

 Armstrong, a gentleman resident in the Island of Java. It is in length 

 eight inches and a half, and is by far the largest and most strongly formed 

 of the genus. The space between the eyes and the bill, the lower part of 

 the cheeks, the throat, are deep black ; a narrow short stripe of deep 

 purple marks the origin of each side of the under mandible ; the rest of 

 the plumage is rich verdigris-green, of a yellower tinge, on the forehead, 

 cheeks, and under parts ; the bend of the wings also possess the blue or 

 green patch incident to the whole, and in this species is of a very bright 

 clear green ; the under parts of the wings and tail are pale black ; the 

 feet and tarsi are bluish, and the latter are shorter in proportion than the 

 congeners. The female, according to M. Temminck, has the throat yellow- 

 ish, the purple band narrow, and the bill brownish. 



We may here remark, that M. Temminck has described this species 

 without a plate in his 81st. livraison of the Planches Coloriees, under the 

 name of Phyllornis Mullerii. We have no wish to deprive M. Muller 

 of the reward due to his labours, but prefer retaining our own generic and 

 specific appellations, published at least four years since. 



SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. 



CHLOROPSIS. 



Typi Generici Chloropsis Malabaricus et Cochinsinensis, auctorum. 



1, C. Malabaricus (auctorum). — Mas. viridis, capite flavescente, loris juguloque nigris lunula 

 flava cireumdata maxilla inferiore striga coerulea ; flexuris nitide cceruleis. 

 Fcem. gula viridi, maxilla absque striga ccerulea. 



T urdus Malabaricus, Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. i. p. 349. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 13th. edit. 



vol. i. 837- 

 Yellow-fronted Thrush, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. v. p. 64. 

 Le petit Merle de la cote de Malabar, Sonnerat, Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. 192. 

 Verdin icterocephale ; Phyllornis Malabaricus, Temm. PI. Col. 512. fig. 2. 



Long. 5-6 pollices. 



Hab. In Cochin-china et India. 



In museis plerisque. 



