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grass-green ; thighs and under tail-coverts deeper ochreous buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries light 
tawny buff, like the breast ; quills below blackish, ashy rufous along the inner edge. Total length 4 inches, 
culmen 0*45, wing 2‘3, tail l'O, middle tail-feathers D15, tarsus 0’65. 
The adult female is very similar to the male, but is everywhere duller in colour, with less blue on the 
crown, and the black on the forehead less pronounced. Total length 4*1 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2*35, 
tail 1*2, tarsus 0'fi5. 
[The young bird is similar in colouring to the adults, but wants the black forehead and blue crown, 
which is green like the back. The cheek, throat, fore neck, and breast are not so vivid in colour as in 
the adults. 
The flight is very quick, and when on the wing the bird continually utters its call-note, which is a 
hissing sound like 11 Tzit-tzit,” but when settled it is silent. Iris and bill black ; feet flesh-colour.] 
180. Erythrura prasina (Sparrrn.). 
[Though their plumage is composed of the brightest of colours, these birds are difficult to see when 
settled in the jungle, into which they fly on being alarmed. Iris and bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 
After January there was not a bird to be met with in the neighbourhood of Kina Balu. 
Dusun name “ TulianA Kadyan “ Pipit trepas.” 
“ Trepas ” is the name given to the small Parrot ( Loriculus galgulus ), which this bird resembles 
somewhat in colour. 
Some of the natives have a peculiar belief that this species makes a glutinous nest in caves like a 
Collocalia, which of course is extremely improbable.] 
Pamily Euryl^mid^e. 
181. Calyptomena whiteheadi, sp. n., Sharpe. 
Adult male. Bright shining green ; large blotch on front of the neck and a spot on each side behind 
the ear-coverts black ; feathers of back and breast black, with lanceolate green tips ; tail velvety black, 
green at the base ; secondaries slightly edged with blue. Whole length 11 inches, wing 6*35, tail 3’2. 
Female. Similar, but not so bright, the frontal crest less developed. 
Bill (horny) green, the upper mandible darker; feet (horny) green ; iris black. 
An immature female is of a much duller green than the old birds, and is much less mottled with the 
black bases to the feathers, which give the latter such a distinguished appearance. The head is very 
little crested, and the black patch on the throat is duller and much smaller. The green of the underparts 
is also much duller than in the adults, and, as in the case of the back, the black bases to the feathers are 
not seen. 
[I met with this beautiful species on my first expedition at an elevation of 3000 feet. On my second 
expedition, after reaching altitudes above 5000 feet, it was not observed, so the exact range is apparently 
from 3000 to 5000 feet. This Calgptomena frequents the dark damp ravines of Kina Balu, where the 
forest is tropical, but wherever the ground is poor and the trees become alpine in character it is absent. 
The bird frequents the lower boughs of big trees and feeds chiefly on jungle fruits. I discovered a 
nest with eggs and also one nest containing young birds. 
Dusun name “ BaloA 
Eggs two, glossy creamy white. Axis P45 inch, diarn. 1*0. 
A young bird just out of the nest was of a much duller colour on the breast than the adult, the 
feathers being mingled with greyish down. The black patch on the throat is scarcely perceptible. The 
back, wings, and tail are as bright as in the adult female.] 
182. Calyptomena viridis, Baffl. 
[Fairly common in old forests, where it frequents the lower branches of high trees in shady places. 
This species reaches an altitude of 4000 feet on Kina Balu, but is scarce at that elevation. 
