T O E L L U S LA T E R A L IS .
(Ares.
A v e s .—P l a t e XXIII. (M a l e .)
V. cervice dorso, uropygio, tertiariis et scapularibus fusco-brunneis viridi-metallico delicate in tin c tis;
alarum tectricibus, pectore et abdomine columbinis; tegminibus tibiarum griseo-brunneis; fronte,
mento, pogoniis primariorum intemis versus basin, secundariis praeter apices, cauda (fascia penul-
tima except^), lateribus, tectricibus alarum intemis, tibiis, candae tectricibus, crissoque albis | gula,
primariis nisi ad basin intemam, secundariis ad apices, et fascid lata caudee penultima nigris;
collo laterali-inferiore nigrescente, plumis albido lat& marginatis: caruncula ant& oculos flavd, lobulo
superiori rubente : rostro tibiisque viridi-flavis, illo apice nigro : calcari carpali et unguibus nigris.
Longitudo 13 un. 6 lin.
C oloue.— Front of the head white with a brown margin spreading over
the vertex ; back of nocii, interscapulars, bach, rump, scapularies and
tertiary quill feathers wood brown tinged and glossed with metallic green,
the feathers on the hack of the neck faintly streaked with brown. Primary
quill feathers (except the base of the inner webs) and the tips of the
secondaries pitch black; remainder of these last and the base of inner webs
of primaries white. Tail feathers white on both aspects, except a very broad
penultimate band of glossy black ; the tips of the two centre feathers wood
brown ; chin white ; throat black ; feathers of the under and lateral parts of
the neck blackish brown broadly margined with dirty white; breast and
abdomen dove colour ; flanks and femoral coverts dark grey brown, obsoletely
fringed with grey; upper half of inner surface of wings, thighs, vent and
under tail coverts white; inferior lobe of ante-ocular caruncle yellow, the
superior lobule orange-red. Bill and legs greenish, the former broadly tipt
with pitch black; carpal spur and claws blackish.
Foem.—Body moderately robust; bill long and rather thick at the base ;
nasal fossa well marked and terminating at the commencement of the last
third of the upper mandible; nostrils linear, and situated about half way
between, the base and the termination of the fossa; sides of the head, in
front of the eye, ornamented with a membranous caruncle, which is either
entire or slightly bilobate ; the portion above a line drawn from the eye to the
base of the bill, and which forms a lobe, when a division exists, is broader
than the remaining portion, and its upper extremity is obtusely pointed ; the
portion below the line is more than twice the length of the upper, considerably
narrower, obtuse at the point, and somewhat of a falciform shape. Wings,
when folded, reach to the tip of the tail, or even slightly beyond i t ; the
second and third quill feathers are of equal length and the longest, the first