306" 
ThQ Green Fruitsuclcers. 
deep blue ; sides of foreneck, breast and centre of body, thighs and under 
tail-coverts, rich orange-yellow ; sides of body and flanks emerald green ; 
least series of upper wing-coverts bright cobalt, foiming a shoulder patch ; 
median and outer greater coverts, bastard wing and primary coverts deep 
blue ; primaries blackish, externallj' deep blue, the secondaries green on the 
outer webs ; tail feathers deep bine, more or less green towards the base of 
the inner web ; ' bill deep brownish-black ; legs and toes leaden grey ; iris 
deep brown ' (R. Swinhoe). Total length 6'5 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 3'75» 
tail 3-1, tarsus 0-75." 
Adult Feniale : " Differs from the male in having no orange on the 
under surface, and the blue-black throat is also absent. General colour green 
inclining to pale bluish-green on the head ; the under surface more emerald 
green on the centre of the body ; wing coverts washed with blue, as also the 
outer edges of the primaries ; chin and sides of face with a slight tinge of 
blue ; cheek-feathers tipped with cobalt forming a moustache. Total length 
6-5 inches, culmen O'S, wing 3-35, tail 2-8, tarsus 07." (B.M.C. Vol. VI.). 
Range. Island of Hainan. 
Blub-shouldeeed Green Fkuitsuckee (C viridis) : 
Adiill Male: " (Jeneral colour above grass-green; wing coverts like 
the back ; quills blackish, externally grass-green, inner secondaries like the 
latter ; a conspicuous shoulder-spot of bright cobalt, formed by the least 
wing-coverts ; tail dark green, dusky blackish along the inner webs, lores and 
feathers at base of nostrils, eyelid (except the hinder part), sides of face, and 
throat black, a shade of yellowish green extending from the base of the fore- 
head over the eye across the hinder ear-coverts and down the sides of the 
neck, skirting the black throat and pervading the foreneck ; on the cheeks a 
violet moustachial streak ; remainder of under surface bright green. Total 
length 8'5 inches, culmen C'9, wing 4"05, tail 3 0, tarsus 0"8." 
Adult Female : " Green, without the black throat of the male ; round 
the eye a ring of yellow feathers ; throat yellow ; a slight indication of a 
light blue moustache. Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 0.85, wing 3"65, tail 3, 
tarsus 0-8." (B.M.C. Vol. VI.). 
Range. Island of Java, 
Malachite-shouldered Green Fkuitsucker. {C. 
zosterops Vigors). I am describing the male from a skin, 
it is an exquisite species, but "comparisons are odious " be- 
tween species of this gorgeous genus. The descriptions of the 
female and range I am quoting from B.M.C. 
Adult Male: General colour above and below grass-green, brighter 
below, least wing-coverls shining emerald-green ; tail feathers with light 
green margins ; lores, eye region, sides of face and throat black, narrowly 
bordered with light green which gradually merges into the grass-green body 
colour (the black area does not extend beyond the back of the eye) ; mous- 
tachial streaks glowing ultraraine-blue. Total length 8 inches, tail 3. 
Advlt Feiualc. : "Wants the black throat of the male. General colour 
trreen, including the wings and tail ; least wing coverts emerald green ; round 
