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bird is of a much livelier green than any of the others, equally so with 

 the European Ph. sibilatrix. and it is perhaps the species referred to 

 sibilatrix in Royle's list : its under-parts are unsullied pale yellowish, 

 brightest about the breast ; and there is a pale bar crossing the wing, 

 formed by the tips of the larger coverts of the secondaries. Length of 

 a male four inches and three-quarters, by seven inches and a half 

 across ; wing two inches and five-eighths ; tail two inches ; bill to gape 

 five-eighths of an inch ; and tarse three-quarters of an inch. 



Ph. magnirostris, Nobis. Allied to Ph. trochilus, but distinguished 

 by its larger size, its considerably larger bill, and more deve- 

 loped rictorial vibrissse ; also by the less brownish cast of its upper- 

 parts, in lieu whereof is a slight wash of fuscous, by the cineras- 

 cent tinge of those below, and the darkish cinerascent hue of the 

 crown, which contrasts with the more greenish colouring of the 

 back : the wings, too, have the small first primary more developed, 

 and the second less so, measuring an inch from the tip of one to that 

 of the other, whereas in Ph. trochilus this measurement is an inch and 

 a quarter. Length five inches and three-eighths, by eight inches 

 across; of wing two inches and three-quarters; and tail two inches 

 and one-eighth : bill to frontal feathers seven-sixteenths of an inch, 

 and five-eighths of an inch to gape : tarse three-quarters of an inch. 

 Bill dusky above, fleshy horn-colour at base of lower mandible ; legs 

 light plumbeous, having a yellowish tinge. The entire upper-parts are 

 uniform dark olive-green, the medial larger coverts of the wings being 

 tipped with albescent-greenish ; there is a narrow but strongly marked 

 pale yellowish streak over the eye, and the lower ear-coverts are partly 

 of the same hue; throat and breast tinged with grey, mingled with 

 faint yellowish, the rest of the under-parts paler and whitish on the 

 middle of the belly. The colour of the legs will help to distinguish 

 it from Ph. trochilus. The shikaree who shot it informed me 

 that it sung prettily, and on my imitating the well remembered note 

 of Ph. trochilus, he assured me that the song of this bird was quite 

 different. 



Ph. tristis y Nobis. Closely allied to Ph. rufus, but devoid of any 

 greenish or yellowish tinge on the plumage, except on the fore- part 

 of the wing underneath, and faintly margining the quills and tail 

 externally ; legs and claws black, or rather dull black (much darker 



