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S e o . 1 died Paradi^ea nagn^ca major. S.lvadori also notes a l a r g e speejmen from So.ong
1 e ' o". i . v., sides of face, cheeks, ea,-cove,-ts, and throat blacU, with a purple gloss; the centre of m^mm ^ " • i S ^ - i ' I S v r l i i ; — the wings a„d tail entirely of the s am e ..lonr as the hacU. ..e
t h i c u ^ harred across with dnsUy hlacUish. Total length 12 .nches, cnUncn LOo.
' l e adnlt female, hnt of a deeper rnfons, the head and ned< rather dingier th. .
t „ e f ftole l y well-defined white eyebrow, the feathers edged with brown ; ores and ear-eoverts
' I t e t o w n with averyfewochraceous shaft-streaks; under surface of body d.rty wlute, very
S t w ^ i L flank-plumes elongated, but barred exactly like the breast; fVom J .
b W e owcr mandible a malar streak of dusky black, continued down the s.des o the throat on to the
es of the chest. Total length 14-5 inches, euhnen 2-3, wing 6-9o, tad 4-9, tarsus l-6a.
Cou t t d ori has described some of the changes by which the young males don the plumage of the
. d > d r : l d " that this is effected by a change of colouring in the feather itself rather than by a moult.
Pmlv'dilv a partial moult also takes place, as is the case with Ptdorlus parachsea. , . . ,
S t L r j t ^ n s are taken fron, cxan.ples in the British Museun. which also contan.s the spcc.mens figured
in the mate. The latter were formerly in the Gould Collection.
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