1843.] Mr. Myth's Report for December Meeting, 1842. 957 



so bright ; and no brilliant orange-colour on the forehead : rest as in 

 Chi. aurifrons. This is decidedly distinct from the preceding species ; 

 and if, instead of reading " throat, part of cheek, and forehead, black," 

 we insert the word of before " forehead," Lt. Tickell's description per- 

 fectly applies to the present bird, which has the part in question similar 

 to that of Chi. aurifrons : he appears to have confounded it, however, 

 with the latter, which alone is frequently (and, so far as I have seen, 

 exclusively) sold in cages at Calcutta ; and the specimens here described 

 are likewise from Central India, though Lt. Tickell has sent examples 

 of the preceding species from Chyebassa.* Peninsula of India. 



In the three foregoing species, and I believe also in the next, the bill 

 is slightly curved, slender, and tapers to a sharp point: whereas the 

 two last have a very different form of bill, typified by that of Chi. 

 gampsorhynchus (young male Sonneratii ?), figured by Messrs. Jar- 

 dine and Selby. The fifth is, however, somewhat intermediate. 



4. Chi. Cochinchinensis ; Turdus C, Auct : Melliphaga Javanica, 

 Horsf. " Male, with chin, throat, and gorge deep black, surrounded 

 by a greenish yellow band, which extends through the eyes to the fore- 

 head ; maxillary streak, hyacinth-blue. Female, with parts black in 

 male of a light bluish-green, surrounded (as in male,) with yellowish 

 band ; maxillary streak light azure." Jerdon. Bill rather less elongated 

 than in the last species. Inhabits the peninsula of India, and the 

 Indo-Chinese and Malay countries. 



5. Chi. Malabaricus. Considerably smaller than the others, the 

 male having the wings and tail tinged with azure, in addition to 

 the ordinary verdigris patch at the bend of the wing, which is un- 

 usually lustrous; head and neck wholly light yellowish, somewhat 

 rufescent on the latter; throat and fore- neck black, surrounded by a 

 pure light yellow zone, and a small short moustachial streak of bril- 

 liant smalt-blue. Female wholly green, except in having the blue 

 moustachial streak, which is narrower than in the male ; the throat but 

 slightly flavescent ; and there is no verdigris patch at the bend of the 

 wing.')' Young male similar to the female, except that the wings and 



* I have recently received Chi. coesmarhynchos from Midnapore, so that it may be 

 presumed to be also occasionally brought alive to Calcutta. 



f Mr. Eyton states that " the female differs from the male in having the markings 

 less distinct." P.Z.S. 1839, p. 102. 



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