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hacJc, tlia side of neck, llic ear -cor ni s , tlic smaller wimj-corerts, the loivcr 

 tliroaf and tlie upper hreeist slioir a rarijing deijree of (jreenish gloss. On 

 the upper hach this is tJie most inJense, and here as on the upper hreast, it 

 is seen as restricted to the rather ivell -defined, narroiv margined zone of fea- 

 thers. Forehead, crown and. elongated, occipital crest bright crimson, the 

 feathers having the liasal pari white and the extreme hase dark greg. 

 Broad malar stripe also crimson, hut someudiat duller, each feather with a 

 smidl wlrilisti jiatcli near the ]):ise which is dnrl: greg. Nasal bristles hlacJi 

 with smol'.ii-brown bases, ('hin and upper throat darl: smolij-greg. gradual- 

 hf passing info the Itrownish-hlacJi witlr greenish -black gloss of the lower 

 throat. The latter is tlmig strealaul with short while lines, caused hg the 

 marginal lips of liarbs bi'ing of that colour. A few simihir sireal's also 

 found on posl'}n<dar featlicrs and. a patch of them just behind the ear- 

 coverts. JjOwer bad' and ruuip silltj irliite, the exposed, parts of feathers 

 hearing a slight J)Uli)j tinge. J few feathers along the anterior border rf 

 tlris while area have more or hss Jdaclc on thrm, leaving the tips white : this 

 can onhj be recognized bi/ raisitng the feathers. Some few hindmost feathers 

 of' the lou-('r rumji have a Itlacl' spot near the lip, varging in shape and size. 

 The tuw) centred, featliers of the upper tail-coverts are white with a large 

 irregular spot of Idacl' on their apical portion : but when ihe featlters ef the 

 rump are not raised, theg liave the appearance of being black margined with 

 ivhite, as Mr. Jlargitt obst rves. Six primaries (2nd to 7th) lipped with 

 white, broadest on the :jrd, dth and ■)th prim'trg, narrowest on the outer web 

 of the 7lh. jirimani. liases ef all primaries and second'iries white with a 

 slight tinge of i/ellow. the former onhj on the inner web (to the extent (f 

 about IS mm. on. the 1st and edioul SO mm. on the -Ird pri]ivtrg) : the latter 

 on bnlh webs (to ihe extent of 70 -SO mm. on the inuer web i. Cnder wing- 

 coverls moslhj wliite with a gellon-isli tinge, some feathers near the edge of ihe 

 wing lieing niarh'd. with V'irifing amenint (f darl-brown, udiereas iJn' edge 

 itself is lilacli with greenisli gloss. Axilh(ries, the entire sides of the bodg. 



