This species is most nearly allied to T. margaritatus, from which the following characteristics
will serve to distinguish it at once. It is a much smaller bird, the elastic hornlike
structure of the feathers is still more developed ; the face is fiery yellow; on the point of
each of the feathers of the throat is a metallic steel-black spot, the back and tail-coverts
are greyish green, the under parts bright greenish-yellow, barred with indistinct wavy black
lines.
The specimen from which our plate and description was taken forms part of the
collection of Mr. T. C. Eyton, who most obligingly lent it to us for figuring in the present
work. The species is also in the Leiden Museum.
