856 Drajts for a Fauna Indian. [No. 168. 



throat, albescent ; and crown, pure cinereous in some specimens, in 

 others tinged with ruddy ; back and wings, deep vinaceous-brown ; the 

 rump and upper tail- coverts dusky- cinereous, and the lower tail-coverts 

 buffy- white : tail dusky, with its terminal fourth dull-ashy above, and 

 albescent as seen from beneath. Bill, circle of eye-lids, and legs, intense 

 sanguine, except the tip of the bill and the claws, which are horn- 

 coloured ; orbital skin, livid ; and irides, " hoary or blue-grey," according 

 to Mr. Hodgson, — " red," as stated by Mr. Jerdon. Length, twenty 

 inches, by two feet and a half (Hodgson) ; nineteen by twenty- 

 six inches (Jerdon) ; of wing, nine inches and a half ; and of tail, eight 

 inches. Weight, a pound and a half. " The female," remarks Mr. Hodg- 

 son, " is a fourth smaller than her mate, wants almost wholly the rich 

 vinous tint of the male, and is, generally, more obscurely coloured." 



This diversity of colouring of the sexes reminds us of the Hurrials : 

 and it may be remarked, that the general tints are not very different from 

 those of Treron cantillans. The species inhabits the Himalaya and the 

 Neilgherries ; and Capt. Phayre has obtained it in the Ya-ma-dong 

 mountains, which separate Arracan from Pegu. It appears to keep always 

 to a more elevated region than the next species, as near the snow line 

 of the Himalaya ; and Mr. Hodgson states that it is " almost solitary" 

 in its habits. 



The CoL badia, Raffles, v. capistrata, Tem., of the Malay countries, 

 would appear to be very closely allied in its colouring, but considerably 

 inferior in size : the two are regarded as distinct by Mr. G. R. 

 Gray. 



C. sylvatica : CoL sylvatica, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. II. 581 : C. cenea 

 of India, Auctorum ; but not of Raffles, Lin. Tr. XIII. 316. (Dunkul, 

 H. ; Pyoon-ma-dee, Arracan.) Head, neck, and under-parts, pearl- 

 grey, purer on the crown and breast, and tinged elsewhere (and occasion- 

 ally on the crown) with ruddy- vinaceous : back, wings, rump, and tail, 

 shining coppery-green, with a dash of grey on the large alars, and greenest 

 upon the tail ; under tail-coverts, dark maronne : chin, and immediately 

 around the base of the bill, white. " Irides and orbits, lake-red ; bill 

 slaty, at base above red, at tip bluish- white ; legs lake-red." (Jerdon.) 

 Another observer describes the irides to be M deep pink ;" but Capt. 

 Tickell writes — " Eyes, orange ; feet, rose-coloured ; bill, horny, bluish 

 over the nostrils." Length, eighteen or nineteen inches ; expanse, two 



