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a i'vw examples of apparently the same bird from Gilolo, but in these the crown is of a more decided violet
hue, and the plumes of tlie breast are miieli hirger."
. / f / f i / i male. General colour above brown, shaded with purple under certain lights, the shafts whity
browti; scnjiulnrs d;n k I)rown ; win^s rather paler than tlie back, especially on the outer coverts, the quills
wliili.sii at tip, the shafts also whitish ; from the tniddle o f the least wing-coverts two long whitish plumes,
ending in an elongate sj)atula ; tail rather lighter brown than the back, with white shafts; nasal plumes
p:de fulvous I)rown, slightly erect and recurved 5 crowti pale metallic greyish lilac; lores, sides of face, sides
o f neck, and iiinder part of the latter ])ale brown, with a purplish-lilac gloss, visible only under a change of
light ; cheeks and throat light brown, mottled with metallic green edgitigs to the feathers, becoming more
uniform on the lower throat, nnd gradually merging into a triangidar shield of green, embracing the lower
i h r o a t and fore-neck, and produced into two long tufts of brilliant metallic green feathers, reaching down
e a c h side of the breast to the level of the thighs; cliest-feathers ligiit brown, fringed with metallic green ;
breast brown, washed with metallic green ; sides of body, abdomen, thiglis, and under wing- and tail-coverts
l i g h t brown, jialer on the thighs : "bill horny olive; feet orange, claws horny; iris deep olive " (^/"W/bc^).
T o t a l length in c h e s , culuien l'()5, wing 6*15, tail 3*4, tarsus \'7.
Adult female. General colour above and below brown, slightly glossed with purple, the quills whitish
e x t e r n a l l y and at tip; nasal plumes and frontal feathers sandy bulf; crown of head and nape glossed with
(lull ])urj)lish; sides of face and throat lighter brown than the back; no green gloss on any part of the
j)lunKige ; pectoral shield and standard plumes of wings absent. Total length 11"G inches, culmen 1'45,
wing 5-55, tail 4, tarsus 1*6.
T h e descrij)tions and figures are taken from a pair of birds in the British Museum.
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