IN MELANOCBPHALA.
Black-headed Troffon.
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kv&nV-t&H* tuperioribus saturate viri~
fttcfrrictbus mtermedm ditabus viridi
apicali notatis; ventre fectricibusgue
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the head, occiput, throat, and chest black; back and upper tail-
tn with a tinge of p u rp le ; wings black; breast and under tail-coverts
^ the two middle feathers tinged with green, and the three outer ones on
pped with a-square spot of white.
:he* ; bill, 1 ; wing, 5 1 ; tail, 6 ; tarsi, 1.
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i Wtyfm farm*.4 pfert tdf a <>*' collected in the neighbourhood of
lexH • •"•'■ ^ v.- :> jjsif *‘sv- fe.vy of Mwsdisi'ii*. Although it possesses
it may be dUiu*gia»(-rd !«>»:• ¿dS others of its race, the most novel and striking
the head and chest, which is uniform dull black, in consequence of which I have
« »jw i a tie ;* tv . w b im c e p h tifa . The «*pcehm*ii above mentioned is now in the collection of
oi joatiosi, '-vhov it w*U be at all times available to those who may wish to examine it
so i |d that it widtx-h mutilated, although not to such an extent as to prevent me
ite rawing of it. I feel confident that the specimen is that of a fully adult male, and
it $ closely allied Trog. melanopterus, from which, independently of its black head,
gt» ued by having less white on the three outer tail-feathers, and by the square manner
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