Tlio followiitg (lc'.scri]»t!{)ii ctftho male is copied from my ' Ciitalogiie of liirtis —
Ailuit male, (¡enenil colour velvety hiaci; above and below, a little browner on the uniler snrfaee ;
\vini;s and tail blaeli, the inner secondaries with a |)iir|>Iish gloss inider certain lights; bead glossed
with nietallie steel-greet); forehead, lores, and base of lower mandible bare ; over each nostril a small
tuft of bhiek feathers; on each side of the base of the bill an erect wattled skin; ronnd tbe eye a
ring of black phimes ; space below and behind tbe eye bare : bill and legs black ; " iris red " (GuUlemard) ;
" u p p e r wattles, which are attached one on each side of the forehead, of a yellowish-green colonr;
those at the base of tbe lower mandible blue, having a small patch of orange underneath " (^Beccaii).
Total length 11-2 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 6-15, tail 4-85, tarsus 1'9.
Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller. Count Salvadori says that it is deep black, witli an
a|)])earauce of dull green on the crown and occiput, tbe wings and tail with scarcely any velvety appearance,
ami with a didl purplish sbade under certain lights.
The figures in tbe I'late represent adult birds of tlie size of life. They are reproduced from Mr. Gould's
' Birds of New Guinea.'