A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM TONKIN. 



coverts; nape between ear-coverts bright crimson, which is laterally prolong- 

 ed into a band along the lower border of ear-coverts ; mantle, back, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts uniform deep grass-green, somewhat paler on rump 

 and upper tail-coverts; primaries almost black with about five white small 

 spots on the outer web and some larger ones on the inner web ; bastard 

 wing and primary-coverts blackish ; secondaries black, the outer webs in 

 most parts with bronzy olive-green lustre; the inner webs with white large 

 spots as in the primaries ; all upper wing-coverts similar in colour to the 

 outer webs of secondaries ; a white patch on the edge of wing ; tail-feathers 

 blackish, mostly with olivaceous margin; shafts of tail-feathers deep black ; 

 a faint and almost obsolete maler stripe of vinous red and dusky; chin dusky; 

 throat dusky yellowish, paler than any other lower parts; upper breast with 

 a broad crescent-shaped band of mottled vinous red on yellowish olive 

 ground, the lateral ends of the band proceeding forwards to join the crimson 

 along the lower border of ear-coverts; lower breast, abdomen and flanks dull 

 greenish yellow, with numerous squamate markings of yellowish white and 

 light olive-green, the markings most distinct on the abdomen ; under tail- 

 coverts dusky blackish with olive green tips; thigh greyish, very obscurely 

 tinged with olive; under surface of wings, including axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts, varied with black and white ; the under wing-coverts tinged 

 very weakly with yellowish green ; upper mandible almost black, lower 

 mandible paler; feet and toes in the dried state blackish with bluish tinge. 

 Culmen 36 mm., wing 140 mm., tail 103.5 mm., tarsus 27 mm. 



The type specimen of this new green woodpecker was collected at 

 Yen-bai, Tonkin, on Nov. 13th, 1911. It is now preserved in my own 

 collection. 



Fam. EURYL^EMID^E. 



39. Serilophtts lunatus (Gould). 

 Gould's Broadbill. 



Sclater, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XIV, p. 460 ; Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., Ill, 



