throat laterally co b alt; sides of body, Sanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts chestnut, glossed with lilac
on the sides o f the upper b r e a s t; under wing-coverts chestnut, the outer lower coverts huffy white, as also
the edge o f the wing ; lower surface o f quills dark brown, edged with rufous along the inner web; tail
light indigo, waved across with dusky lines under certain lights, all the feathers rather broadly tipped
with white.
Total length 5*2 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2 25, tail 2*35, tarsus 0'95.
The present species seems to be confined to North-western New Guinea. Wallace procured it at
Dorey, D ’Albertis a t Ramoi; and it was obtained in Salwatti by Mr. Bruijn’s hunters.
The figures in the Plate represent a male and a female, of the natural size, drawn from specimens lent
to me from the Dresden Museum under the direction o f Dr. Meyer.
