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brightest, almost saffron yellow, on the throat and j)aling towards the 

 vent. The bill is exactly as large and slender as in Burmese or 

 Calcutta specimens, but the wing shorter, being 2f^, tail 1-$", bill at 

 front -£f", from gape nearly f ; tarsus, f" (the same as in typhia and 

 Zeylonica). 



$. Olivaceous green above, blackish brown on the wings, 

 yellow below, the tips to the shorter wing coverts white, those of 

 the larger coverts mostly green, and the shoulder edge greenish 

 yellow, tail feathers green, the outer ones partially dusty brown 

 on the inner webs and with greenish yellow edges, all conspicuously 

 cross-barred with dusky brown ; wing 2^" ; tail 2", the other 

 measurements the same as in $ . In spite of its slightly smaller 

 size, I am confident that the Malayan bird is the same which occurs 

 in Tenasserim and in Bengal, and probably similar variations of 

 size, as those just noted, will be sooner or later recorded also froni 

 Indian localities. 



As regards the alleged identity of typhia and Zeylonica, we must 

 now await the result of Mr. Hume' s comparison of the numerous 

 specimens of both forms which he states that he has at his disposal 

 from almost all parts of India. 



57. IOBA SCAPULARIS, Horsf. 



$ . Uniform dark green, paling to yellowish on the rump, and 

 passing to bright yellow on the vent and lower tail coverts ; eye- 

 brow above and a spot below the eye bright yellow, posterior and 

 anterior angle of the eye, including the lores, dull black ; wings with 

 the scapulars, upper tail coverts and tail shining black ; shoulder 

 edge of wing yellow, or greenish yellow ; shorter and longer 

 coverts broadly tipped with white, wing feathers edged green 

 externally, tail feathers sometimes very slightly tipped greenish ; 

 and in immature specimens the outer feathers are mostly green ; 

 tibial feathers yellow ; tail very indistinctly cross- barred ; bill 

 leaden brown with pale whitish edges, legs leaden grey. Wing 

 2 T \", tail 2", bill at front jV'> from gape very nearly f ; tar- 

 sus |". 



The female does not appear to differ from that of I. typhia, ex- 

 cept that the tail seems less dusky on the inner webs and very 



