No. 49.— 1898.] 



CEYLON BIRDS, 



161 



48 ... Tail and wing about equal ; 



tail square ; bill slender, 

 gently curved ; mandibles 

 equal ; first primary ex- 

 tremely minute 



49 ... Chin and throat yellow ; abdo- 



men gray 



50 ... Upper plumage golden yellow 



51 ... Abdomen entirely gray 



52 ... Upper plumage olive green ... 



53 ... Yellow on chin and throat ; 



tmged with green and ex- 

 tending to the breast 

 47 ... 54 ... Sexes invariably dissimilar ; 



solitary or occurring in 

 small troops ; colour brilli- 

 ant ; arboreal ; eggs usually 

 spotted ... 



55 ... First primary about half the 



length of second 



56 ... Tail considerably shorter than 



wing 



57 ... Secondaries falling short of 



wing by a distance not 

 greater than half the length 

 of tarsus . 



58 ... Tarsus longer than middle toe 



with claw 



59 ... Tail uniform ; upper plumage 



greenish yellow, or black, or 

 mixed 



58 ... 60 ... Tarsus shorter than middle 

 toe with claw 



61 ... Forehead rich orange yellow 



62 ... Forehead greenish or yellow- 



ish 



57 ... 63 ... Secondaries falling short of 

 wing by a distance equal to 

 length of tarsus 



54 ... 64 ... Sexes alike ; solitary or in 

 small troops ; arboreal ; tarsi 

 very short, never exceeding 

 length of middle toe ; wing 

 rounded and moderately 

 long ; nape usually with 

 some hairs ; eggs spotted... 



65 ... Hairs on hind neck few, or 



short, or none 



66 ... Feathers on side of crown 



and ear coverts similar to 

 those on crown 



67 ... A distinct crest 



68 ... Nostrils not covered by 



plumelets 



Zosterops 



16 Z. palpebrosa 



17 Z. ceylonensis 



Liotrichinas 



63 

 60 



iEgithina 



18 M. tiphia 



Chloropsis 



19 C. malabarica 



20 C. jerdonii 



Irena 



21 I. puella (only one 

 species) 



Brachypodinae 



... 76 

 ... 74 



