264 Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus Chrysophlegma. 
greenish grey, and the tips of the shafts white : “ hill dusky 
bluish white; iris red ; eyelids, gape, and naked skin at gape 
greenish blue ; legs dusky blue; claws horny 33 ( Oates ). 
Total length 13*0 inches, culmen 1*75, wing 6*5, tail 4*7, 
tarsus IT ; toes (without claws)—outer anterior 0*87, outer 
posterior 08, inner anterior 0*6, inner posterior 0*4. 
Immature male. Differs from the fully adult male in 
having the upper parts of a duller green, the feathers being 
margined with yellow; the forehead less rufous, and the 
crown and occiput less varied with reddish brown; the 
nuchal crest more orange; the lores and sides of the face more 
dusky, and the cheeks, chin, and throat of a paler and more 
dingy yellow; the underparts being smoky grey (without 
any tinge of olive), darker and browner on the chest. 
Nestling , probably male. In this stage of plumage the 
crown and occiput are slightly paler than in older birds, 
the dull red markings partaking more of the character of 
spots or bars than of stripes; nuchal crest deep golden 
yellow ; cheeks, chin, throat, and fore neck dull bully white, 
the throat and fore neck having dusky brownish spots; 
underparts smoky grey, browner on the chest; under wing- 
coverts dull rufous varied with dusky. In other respects 
resembling the adult. 
Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the 
cheeks, chin, and upper part of the throat rufous, faintly 
striped with blackish, the bases of these feathers being white ; 
lower throat and fore neck white, each feather having a 
large patch (somewhat triangular) of brownish olive, almost 
black at the apex; upon the fore neck a tinge of rufous sur¬ 
rounding the dark tip ; the soft parts as in the male. Total 
length 13-0 inches, culmen 1'7, wing 6‘63, tail 4*7, tarsus 
1T5. 
Immature female. Differs from the adult female in having 
the sides of the face darker green, the cheeks, chin, and 
upper throat less rufous and more mixed with black, and 
the tips of the feathers of the lower throat and fore neck 
blacker. 
This species is found in the Himalayas as far west as 
