liulelitcil. Since Her.istelii's dcatli the species has been met witli in Waigiou by Beccari, Gnillemai d, and
I'latcn, anil i>y the two fii-st-iianied travellers in Batanta also. As far as can be determined, it is confined to
the two islands rnentioaed above.
ISernstein states that in Wiii^nou the present species iiiliabits the parts of the country more or less
in (be interior, and is niiicli rarer than Pararllsea rubra, which is, moreover, met with in the island of
(Jeinien, where the Sr.hlcgrim has not yet been seen. Beccari says that the habits are almost identical
wiih those of DiphjUmks magmfwa. His s])e('imens were obtained at a very short distance from tlie
sea; and Coimt Salvadori remarks that the species cannot be rare, to judge from the nnmber of specimens
procured by lieccari and tlie hunters sent by liruijn.
The following is the description of the sexes given by me in the ' Catalogue of Birds' (/. c.) :—
AiluUmalc. Head bare, of a blue colour in life; nasal jilumcs, lores and forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts,
chin, anil upper throat covered with velvety feathers of an oily-brown lustre; a narrow line of similar feathers
drawn from the centre of the frontal patch down the back of the head to the hind neck, and transversely
crossed above the occiput by a narrow line of velvety plumes which run down the side of the hinder skull
along the sides of tlic neck to the hind neck ; behind the ear-coverts a small bare patch ; sides of neck and
a band above the mantle and running down the sides of the latter met;dlic oily-green ; mantle bright
vellow ; remainder of the back bright metallic crimson, the lower ])bimes tip])ed with black, forming a
terminal fringe; on each side of the back a border of greenish black, formed by the outer webs of the
crimson plumes, which are somewhat curved inwards ; rum]) brown, washed with reddish ; ujiper tailcovcrts
olivaceous brown ; tail brown, the two centre feathers elongate and narrow, and, after crossing
each other twice, ending in a ram's-horn curve ; scapulars, as well as the lesser and median wing-coverts,
brown, all more or less broadly edged with reddish ocbre, shaded, under certain lights, with metallic
nil-green; greater coverts and ijuills brown, narrowly edged with metallic crimson like the back, these
margins becoming broader on the innermost both of the coverts and of the secoiularies, ndnch are
entirely fiery crimson ; lower throat and entire breast forming a shield of metallic grass-green, all the
jugular feathers having a mesial sjiot of brilliant metallic blue, which is re])resented by a similar S])0t of
brilliant green on the breast-plumes, which become developed into long square-tipped jdumes on the
lower breast, forming a kind of pectoral ruff, the lateral plumes of which are burnished copper; remainder
of under surface |)urplish brown, including the under wing- and tail-coverts; quills brown below, edged
with dull orange-buff on the inner web : bill black, paler and more dusky at the tip; feet dull blue; iris
dusky. Total length 7-2 inches, culmen O'Oo, wing 3-85, tail "2 (elongated feathers extending 2-15 inches
beyond), tarsus IT5.
AMI female. Dill'erent from the male, but the head bare as in that sex, the feathers on the crown being
velvety brown ; mantle brown ; remainder of the back olive-brown, somewhat shaded with golden, and on the
upper tail-coverts with faint red ; wings brown, the greater coverts narrowly edged with dull crimson, as
also are the quills, the secondaries hiiving a decidedly golden gloss ; tail brown, also slightly shaded with
golden ; checks and under surface of body light yellowish brown, transversely barred with narrow cross-lines
of blackish brown, a little broader on the flanks and sides of the body; hinder part of checks and chin hoary
white, minutely speckled with brown cross-lines ; under wing-coverts and axillaries reddish, barred with
dusky brown ; quills dark brown below, edged with reddish buff along the inner web. Total length 7 inches,
culmen 0'9, wing 3 8, tail 2-4, tarsus IT.
According to Count Salvadori the young males are similar to the old females, hut differ in having some
velvety-black ¡dumes on the throat and checks.
In the Plate are represented two males and a female, of the size of life.
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