sli-ht coppery liisti-c ; lores, featliers «bovc tlie eye, and sides of face, as well as tlie eliln and sides of the
throat, glossy purple ; from tlie cliln a shield of metallic steel-hliie plumes spreads out onto the chest, and
is followed hy a double band, the first velvety black with a burnished coppery lustre, the second gold™ green
with an olivaceous lustre; rest of uiuler surface olivaceous, shaded with reddish i)in-ple, especially on the
abdomen and llanK-feathers, the latter being elongated into silky plumes, which reach beyond the tall ;
under tail-coverts and vent velvety blue-black ; bill and legs black ; iris brown. Total length 12-2 inches,
cnlnien 2'2, wing 0'05, tall 4 25, tarsus I'GS.
yM,/^ female. Gcucral colour ashy brown on tbe head and neck, shading into olivaceous browu on the
back and riimi,, slightly tinged with reddish on the upper tail-coverts ; lores, feathers round the eye, and
ear-coverts dusky browu, with slightly indicated shaft-streaks of ochraeeous, these being also faintly i>ercept,ble
on the feathers of the crown ; over the eye a broad line of white, forming a distinct eyebrow ; cheeks white,
as also the throat, which is separated from the cheeks hy a broad malar streak of blackish ; rest of uii.lcr
surface of body dull white, mottled with cross bars of blackish, much wider apart on the abdoi.icn and
Hanks, the feathers of the latter being somewhat elongated ; under wing-coverts like the breast, the crossbars
less distinct; upper wing-eoverts like the back, the greater series orai.ge-chestnut, this being also the
colour of the quills, which are brown on the inner webs. Total length 11-2 inches, eulmen I'Oo, wing 6-0,
tail 4-3, tarsus I'G.
The figures in the Plate rej.resent a pair of birds of the natural size, and are drawn from specimens in the
British Museum.