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204. CHLOROPSIS CYANOPOGON. 
THE BLUE-WHISKERED GREEN BULBUL. 
Phyllornis cyanopogon, Temm, PI. Col. 512. f. 1 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 194 ; 
Hume 8f Dov. S. I. vi. p. 325 ; Hume, 8. F. viii. p. 99. Chloropsis cyano- 
pogon, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 32. 
Description. — Male. Upper plumage^ wing-coverts and sides of tlie neck 
bright green ; the lesser wing-coverts more brilliant, but not forming a 
bright patch ; the forehead tinged with yellow ; wings dark brown broadly 
edged with bright green ; tail green^ edged with brown on the inner webs ; 
lores_, cheeks_, chin and throat black j a line over the lores and eye brighter 
green than the other parts ; a short moustachial streak cobalt ; a line 
bordering the black throat green tinged with yellow ; lower plumage light 
green. 
The female has no black on the chia and throat, and the moustachial 
streak is duller blue. The feathers round the eye are conspicuously 
lighter than the crown. 
Legs and feet dark plumbeous ; bill black ; irides dark brown. {Davison.) 
Length 7 inches, tail 2*6, wing 3 '3, tarsus '7, bill from gape '8. The 
female is of about the same size. 
The Blue-whiskered Green Bulbul has been found in the extreme south 
of Tenasserim at Bankasoon by Mr. Davison. 
It occurs throughout the Malay peninsula and also in Sumatra and 
Borneo. 
Subfamily IKENINiE. 
Genus lEENA, Horsf. 
205. IRENA PUELLA. 
THE FAIRY BLUEBIRD. 
Coracias puella, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 171. Irena puella, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 105 ; 
Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. pt. ii. p. 318 ; Wald. Ibis, 1871, p. 170 ; Hume, Nests 
and Eygs, p. 298 ; Hume, S. F. ii, p. 226, iii. p. 130 ; Bl. 8f Wald. B. Burm. 
p. 138 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 326 ; Bourdillon, S. F. iv. p. 400 ; Wardlaiu 
Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 467 ; Hu7ne Sr Dav. S. F. vi. p. 328 ; Hume, S. F. viii. 
p. 99 ; Leyge, Birds Ceylon, p. 466 ; 81iarpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 177 ; 
Bingham, S. F. ix. p. 184 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 211. 
Description. — Male. The whole upper plumage, the lesser wing- coverts 
and the under tail-coverts shining ultramarine-blue with lilac reflexions ; 
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