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Chini, a pair of what I suppose to be young birds of this species, 

 exhibiting, however, some noteworthy differences. Both the specimens 

 are a little smaller than those usually known as G. squammatus ; the 

 green is duller above than below, throat dirty greenish grey ; 

 the feathers on the fore breast and on the vent are margined with 

 black, while in specimens of G. squammatus, shot at Kotcgurh and 

 in the western parts of the valley, the black margined feathers be gin 

 on the lower half of the breast, its frontal half being green, the colour 

 becoming duller on the neck and the throat. The middle tail feathers 

 are margined with green, not being wholly black, as in typical G. 

 squammatus. The streaks above and below the eye are almost white, 

 while in squammatus they are distinctly tinged with green. The beak 

 is also shorter, and apparently somewhat broader near the base. 



It is, as already stated, much more likely that we have to deal hero 

 with a young bird in a certain stage of plumage— perhaps the winter 

 plumage of the first year, — than with a distinct species. The red on 

 the front of the head of the male is tolerably well developed, although 

 not so pure as in old specimens of squammatus, it is, however, much 

 purer than is usual in young specimens of this species. 



51. Gecinus striolatus, Blyth, (I 287) is very rarely met 

 with in the forests west of Kotegurh. 



There are several other species of Picidye to be found in the lower hills 

 but none of them is common even as far north or east as Kotegurh. The 

 only other species which deserve special notice are the following ; 



52. VlVIA INNOMINATA, B U T t. (I. 300). 



The male has above the nostrils a pale yellow frontal zone, inter- 

 rupted on the culmen of the beack ; next to it is an ashy green stripe ; 

 the feathers on the forehead are greenish, or ashy white with a slight 

 green tinge on their basal half, then black or blackish brown, and 

 tipped with golden yellow, having the lateral margins whitish, 

 Supercilliar stripe white, widening towards the nape and mingled with 

 dusky near its termination ; ear-coverts ashy brown ; a white stripe 

 extends from the upper mandible in the direction of the scapulars, 

 having below a blackish stripe, which originates at the base of the 

 lower mandible. Front edges of the wings whitish ; wing coverts and 

 all the wing feathers dusky brown ; the latter (except the first two or 

 three quills) on the outer edges greenish, the green colour increasing 



