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chin and breast greyish-, or rather dull olivaceous brown, like 

 in Kasumba, but with barely any white gorget bordering it, as in 

 fasciatus ; the rest of the lower parts is uniform fulvous brown, very 

 much like in the last named species ; wing very nearly 5f ' ; tail 6£" ; 

 bill at front T \, from gape 1 £" ; tarsus £". 



Though in coloration this specimen resembles almost quite as 

 much the Ceylon fasciatus, as it does agree with the Malayan Ka- 

 sumba, it seems much more probable that it belongs to the latter 

 species, with which the form of the bars on the wing coverts and 

 the measurements of the bird better agree. At the same time it 

 does not appear, from the account given, improbable, that a new 

 form is here indicated, of which the male is not yet known. Unfor- 

 tunately all the specimens of the allied species in our Museum are 

 so insufficient, that they do not admit of a very close comparison. 

 None of the female specimens exactly agree with our bird, but that 

 of Kasumba conies nearest to it. 



Fam. ETJRYLAIMIDM. 

 6. Calyptomena viredis, E a f f 1. 



Horsfield, Research, in Java, fig. of $ . 



Male — bright shining green, somewhat deeper on the back and 

 considerably paler on the vent and lower tail coverts, a small yel- 

 low spot in front and above the eye, a larger black spot on the 

 sides of the neck behind the base of the mandible, the wing coverts 

 with large cross subterminal black spots forming three oblique 

 bands, the black not extending on the few first or marginal coverts ; 

 shoulder edge of wing blackish green. The first three or four pri- 

 maries are dusky brown, edged with green on the outer web, the 

 other wing feathers are deep brownish black and the green gra- 

 dually increases, until the last tertiaries become almost wholly 

 green on the terminal half ; tail green above, bluish below. The 

 lateral front feathers of the head are obliquely erect towards each 

 other, forming a crest above the bill and entirely concealing the 

 nostrils, only the curved tip of the bill remaining visible ; these erect 

 green feathers are pure black for the lower half, and the other 

 green feathers gradually become paler at their bases as they pro- 

 ceed posteriorly ; the internal side of the green is always bluish. 



