— \ 4" SOO Sf LNG a UV.Y a as J _/ ee bY. . oN < » | AB ABIARIAL SSE SE AL SES! y { x a aN eo * RA As — 40. The following description is Adult male. General colour above velvety an elevated shield, composed of velvety black plumes, glossed under certain lights with br : 5 vOnNZe 3 wing. fom the third volume of the ‘Catalogue of Birds’ :— black, somewhat glossed with br s gloss yronzy purple; ma , 5 antle produ ced into coverts velvety black, rather n h steel-blue ; lores and nasal pl d with metallic steel-coloured feathers, each of which has as a sub- listinctly glossed with purple than the back; quills and tail-feathers d oe -leathers dee umes forming an elevated crest of purplish-black feat! ; < Teathers ; ore ¢ black, glossed wit crown of bead, nape, and | bar of purple 5 sides of face, | shield of bright metallic green plumes 7 i S g } g s, most of which have a . ave a narrow edging of copper; remainder of under surface purplish black. Total length 9 1 , Dts s . g inches, culmen 1°15, wi a 5 ’ 1 15, wing Aca hind neck spangle termina sides of neck, and entire throat deep coppery bronze; on the f 0 fy) ) “a neck and breast a pectora eacie : | 9.2 tail 0°0. Adult female. Above ¢ over the eye a few white-spotted plumes ; wing-coverts and quills I \ spot S98 \wilWe rts JUS blackish brown, externally reddis : , externally reddish ; tail throat white, all the feathers being black tipped with white; rest of 8 : : receie ] , s a : s B leep chocolate-brown, the feathers of the top and sides of the head blackish b : ackish brown ; brown, externally dull rufous brown ; the under surface buffy white, inclining to r ‘ er surf uffy white, inclining to rufous on the flanks and under tail-coverts, the whole und