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1,. i „M .1-' 13-13 T O :R f t I K H r 1.1. D '1 ' K R 1 ' B .
T a b . X X X IV .
LAMPROTOR N I S S P ILOPTERUS .
M a s. L am p , su p ra p lumbeo-canus, p lu m is a d apic em fu s c o m a r g in a tis ; su b tu s albus, r u fo tin c tu s ;
uroptjgio r u f e s c e n t i ; r em ig ih u s a tr is v ir id i sp len d en tib u s, m a c id ú a lb a ; cauda h r u n n e á ; g id á
in ten sé r i f á .
Fosm. su p ra p a llid é b runnea, su b tu s albescens, brunneo tin c tu .
S t a tu r a L am p , cantoris.
T h e g e n e r a l fo rm o f th is b ird allie s it a t firs t s ig h t to th e g e u u s L a m p r o t o r n i s b u t its w a n t o f th e brillian tly
c o lo u re d a n d g lo s sy p lum a g e wh ich d is tin g u ish th a t g ro u p a p p e a rs in som e m e a su re to evince a dev iatio n
from th a t g e n u s . fo rm , h ow ev e r, a n d o th e r m o re sta b le c h a r a c te r is tic s th a n th e tin ts o f p lum a g e, claim
u n d o u b te d ly a p re c e d e n c e ; a n d it is co n seq u e n tly fig u red a n d n am ed as Lam p ro to rn is spiloptcrus, a n e n tire ly
n ew sp e cie s o f th a t g ro u p .
T h e sp e cim en r e p r e s e n te d was from th e m o u n ta in s , to w h ich in a ll p ro b ab ility it is s tr ic tly confined.
In th e m a le , th e u p p e r p a r ts a rc o f a g r e y tin g e o b sc u re ly m o ttled witli b lu e ish b r o w n ; th e rum p is b rown ;
th e qmlls g lo s sy b la ck w ith g re e n ish refle ctio n s , a n d b a rr e d a c ro s s th e base iv ith wh ite th e ta il is d a rk
b row n ; th e th r o a t b rig lit ru fo u s ; th e u n d e r p a r ts a rc w h itish w ith a wash o f th e sam e, b e com in g d e ep e r
a b o u t th e flan k s ; th e b e ak a n d ta rs i a re d e e p b rown .
T h e fem a le is o f a u n ifo rm g rey ish b rown a bove, fad in g in to a p a le r h u e o v e r th e w h o le o f th e u n d e r p a rts .
T h e ma le a n d fema le a r e fig u red o f th e ir n a tu ra l size.