BUCHANGA LEUCOPYGIALIS. 
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Adult female (Heneratgoda). Wing 4-7 inches ; tail 4-7; bill to gape 1-0. 
iraSef plumage, but not so dark as the above, ovdng to some of the feathers not being so much worn as others ; 
the breast is ^ish brown ; the vent whitish, and the under tail-coverts slightly less albescent than the vent, 
being so much worn as to show the brownish bases of the feathers. 
Female (Colombo). Wing 4'5 inches ; tail 4'4. 
Iris light reddish. An abnormally pale-breasted example. ^ hrownish !?rev 
Throat and chest brownish black, the sides of the latter glossed with green the centre of ^ 
the edges of the feathers whitish, the feathers at the sides of this part still paler, and the sides of the bell) whitish , , 
vent and under tail-coverts pure white. 
Intermediate fo 
rm. 
Male (ChUaw, 50 miles north of Colombo). Wing 4-8 inches ; tail 4-9 ; bill to gape I'OS- 
Back with a somewhat greener gloss than in the Colombo specimens ; chest and throat black, muc g 
metallic green ; the centre of the breast brown, the feathers edged paler, the flanks very dark, 1 
suddenly turning white ; vent and under tail-coverts pure white. 
i/afe (Deduru-Oya, N.W. Province). Wing 4-98 inches ; tail 4-7 ; bill to gape 1-05. nUo vh, 'a colour 
Upper surface with a still greener gloss than the above, the entire belly and the un er tai -coier s w i , 
extending up the breast in the form of a point, and becoming at the uppermost part sullied, that is to say, 
Two adults (British-Museum specimens b, c, “ Uva district;” but probably from the west of Nuwara 
4-65 and 4-55 respectively. Eesembling the above in plumage both as regards upper surface antt o p 
the whitish hue of the lower part of the breast passing into dark slate on the upper part of it. 
Two adults (Kandy district). Wing 4-9 inches. Upper breast very dark ; abdomen turning abruptly to w i e. 
Light form : Buchanga insulaeis, Sharpe. 
Adult female (Trincomalie). Wing 4-6 inches; tail 4-4 ; bill to gape 1-0. unner breast 
Upper surface with a marked greenish gloss ; throat blackish brown ; chest black, glossed with green , pp 
dark slate, rather abruptly changing into w'hite on the lower part of the breast and rest of under sur ace. 
Adult male (British-Museum specimen a, “ Ceylon,” from Badulla district). 
Similar to Trincomalie specimen, except that the white colour takes a pointed form on the breast. 
Male, not quite adult (Badulla). Wing 4'75 inches ; tail 4‘9 ; bill to gape 1 03. 
Paler on the chest and tail than any of the foregoing specimens. The upper tail-coverts are tipped wi 
Young (dark form on leaving the nest). Blacldsh brown above, without the black-green gloss of the Chest and 
throat blackish brown, the breast slaty, the featliers of these parts finely tipped with greyish fulvous, the beli) 
and under tail-coverts sullied whitish, the latter tipped wnth dusky grey. 
A bird .boat two Booths old (Amb.po.s., Juoo 29, 1876) .hot w.th the heo 
■ ,Jmd, oequiriog th. moture plomogo! tho bbek-green feothcr. on the "/I’" '"f” „ 
brown »„iling” ones, the eheet no.rl, dl moulted to block fe.therj ...d 'J' ^ 
high up .sbinl. from the N.W. Province., ffing 4'o inche,. The old b.rd .hot w.tb .1 w«. of th. true P. 
gialis type, the breast much darker than that of the young bird. on the breast than the 
A young bird in a similar stap of change (shot at Deltota, May 29, 1876) is much darker on the 
Ambepussa specimen. Wing 4'8 inches. 
1 ^ i-Un nnripr surfaiC©, b6inff in a. 
Young (pale form : Galoya, Trincomalie Eoad). Similar to the m epussa surface is paler, inasmuch as the 
state of change from the brown nest-feathers to the glossy ac -green , . towards the chest in a point 
whitish immature plumage extends higher up the breast, and instead of running up 
is distributed right across to the flanks 
Obs. 
, o, • tn ufliich I have given so much attention with 
jSTo bird in Ceylon is so puzzling as the present, an , two species in the island or only one. 
a view to arriving at a satisfactory determina ion as^ „rmnsite tvnes of which are certainly 
a view to arriving at a satisfactory de ermina lo opposite types of which are certainly 
I cannot come to any other conclusion than that there is but one, PP n 
