e ground, they are seen sometimes, like a chicken, scratching with

some trunk. Seeking their food upon th
leaves and the uncovered spot of ground.

their feet, and greedily examining with their bill the scattered dry
Their food consists of earth-worms, beetles, and other insects and their larve.”

as the crown of the head, lores, a broad stripe from the base of the lower mandible and
er each eye a broad stripe of rich gamboge-yellow ; all the upper surface
-coverts deep black, with an oblong mark of white at the tip of the

The male h
the occiput deep velvety black; ov
and tertiaries rich golden brown; wing
outer web of each feather; primaries and secondaries black at the base, passing into brown at the tip;

two or three of the central secondaries narrowly margined on their apical portion with white ; upper and
under tail-coverts and tail very rich deep blue; throat white, washed with pale yellow, which gradually
deepens into gamboge-yellow on the sides of the neck; below this light-coloured gorget a band of rich
deep blue; remainder of the under surface crossed alternately with narrow bands of orange-yellow and deep
blue, and suffused with a lilaceous bloom on the centre of the abdomen; bill black; feet flesh-colour.

The female has the head light orange-brown, striated with brownish black on the crown, the black mark
on the side of the head finely striated posterior to the eye with orange; throat white, washed with light
orange-brown on the sides; the line of blue bounding the gorget very narrow ; the alternate bands of the
under surface black and pale greyish brown, instead of blue and orange, and the lilaceous hue much paler ;
in all other respects the plumage resembles that of the male.

The Plate renresents the two sexes, of the size of life