ARDEA ATRICOLLIS.—F em a l e .
A v e s— P la t e LXXXYI.
Capite, crista, cerviceque suporne viridi-nigris; gula guttureque summo albis; gutture infimo albo nigro-
striato; mterscapuliis nigro-pnrpurcis viride nitentibus; pectore ventreque flavo-oinereis; tarsia
pedibusque viridi-nigris; mandibula superiore antice purpureo brunnea; spatio nudo circa oculoa
flavo; mandibula inferiore antice brnnnea, postice flava.
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudse 35 unc.; caudse 7 nnc. .
Ardka ATRlcoLLLSj-Wagler, Syst. Avium, pars prima. ■
CoLonR|s|-,Fhe upper and lateral parts of the head, the nape, the crest
feathers, and the sides and back of the neck deep black glossed with green,
the latter, particularly towards the interscapulars, lightest and faintly tinted
with grey. Interscapulars deep blackish purple, with a greenish gloss ; the
back rusty pearl-grey. Tail blackish purple, glossed with green. The lesser
wing coverts dark pearl-grey, tinged more or less with a rusty yellowish
brown; the outer vanes,of the primary and secondary quill coverts pearl-
grey, the inner vanes dark lavender-purple, fading towards the quills into
white. The outer vanes of the primary quill feathers a deep lavender-purple,
the inner vanes blackish purple tinted with brown, which towards the points
fades into lavender-purple ; the secondary quill feathers blackish purple
glossed with green ; the tertiaries deep lavender-purple; the scapular
feathers deep lavender-purple, glossed with green. The chin, the upper parts
of the throat,, and the sides of the neck pure white ; the middle of the throat
white, longitudinally streaked with black glossed with green ; lower parts of
the throat white, sparingly streaked with faint blackish lines; the long feathers
pendent from the front and sides of the neck near to the breast pearl-grey, variegated
with yellowish grey, and some of them streaked with white. The breast,
belly, vent, and under tail coverts intermediate between pearl and yellowish
grey, the .under. tail coverts darkest. Thighs yellowish grey. The naked