CATALOGUE. 
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deep emerald-green as in that species ; the occiput and nape incline 
to light straw-yellow ; and there is a well-defined black line from the 
nostril to the eye : all which combine, with its superior size and 
absence of red above the ear-coverts, to distinguish it from P. malac- 
censis. Length IS^- in., of which the middle tail-feathers measure 
lOiin., wing 7fin. [Middle rectrices beyond lateral ditto 4|-in. ; 
outer fore claw, exclusive of nail, in. ; and the outer hind ditto 
the same ; curve of upper mandible 1 in.] Irides dull greyish." — 
(Blyth.) 
" Occurs abundantly in the Nicobar Islands." — (Blyth.) 
Remark. — This specimen has been compared at the Derby Museum, 
Liverpool, by my brother, Mr. T, J. Moore, with the type specimens 
of FalcBornis erytJirogenys, Eraser (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 245), which has 
been determined to be a distinct species from the above ; and " which 
differs in having the general colour pale hlue-green, palest on the 
breast and nape ; primaries green ; middle pair of tail-feathers blue 
only on the apical half; the length being from base of bill to tip of 
tail, 15|-in., of which the tail occupies 8^ in.; wing 8 in., middle tail- 
feathers beyond the lateral ditto 3 in., outer fore claw, exclusive of 
nail, 1 in., and the outer hind ditto the same ; curve of upper man- 
dible If in. (Died in confinement ; therefore probably longer than in 
a natural state.)" The name of this species is altered to P. Fraseri, 
T, J. Moore. 
903. PALJSORNIS CANICEPS, Blyth. 
Palseornis caniceps, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XV. pp. 23, 
51, 368 (1846); XIX. p. 233; Catal. B. Mus. 
A. S. Beng. p. 6. Bonap., Bev. Zool. (1854), 
p. 152. 
a. ? . Pinang. Presented by Dr. Cantor (1854). 
" General colour of male vivid yellowish-green, with the winglet 
and base of the secondaries indigo-blue, and the medial portion of 
the secondaries inclining to emerald-green; primaries black, the 
longest tinged with indigo towards the base ; cap grey ; a broad 
frontal band continued to the eyes, and a broad black moustache, 
with some black feathers also on the throat ; above this moustache, 
between it and the frontal band, the feathers are of the same grey as 
tliose of the crown ; tail green above, with some blue on its middle 
feathers, and dull golden-yellowish below ; upper mandible coral-red, 
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