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Ihiin ' Bngis Niilioila'(captmii of ii Ct'lehes bout), to whom it liatl most likely come from Has. It
seems to me linrilly probalilc tluit tlic female is the bird that has been described as such. I have had
information of tliis liird at Wa-Samsoji ; and it is imt iniprohable that it may also be found in Salawatti."
The I'ollowing is the description of a llat skin in the British Museum : —
Crown of head san (ly buir, followed by a rulfon the hind neck of golden orange ; the mantle deep crimson ;
lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts gokleu olive ; the tail-feathers dusky brown with golden olive
margins ; the two centre tail-feathers elongated with wire-like shafts, ending in a lyriform tip wliere the web
is green ; wings golden, the coverts and inner secondaries washed with fiery crimson ; throat velvety brown,
with a golden shade, followed by a shield of velvety green, with a few green-tipped feathers on the lower
throat, the lower feathers of the shield being ti|)ped with emerald-groeu, forming a band ; on each side of
the breast a fan of pur])lish feathers, l)roadly ti])ped with emerald-green ; abdomen sandy bulf; under tailco\
erts u'hite, with a sandy btdf tinge.
The Plato here given is reproduced from Mr. Gould's ' liirds of New Guinea,' and represents a male bird
in two [)0siti0ns. The figures have been drawn from the specimen now in the Warsaw Museum.