No. 29. 



Oidemia perspicillata. 



Adidt male. Plumage black ; a patch of white on forehead, 

 another white patch on nape, also a scarcely noticeable touch of 

 white immediately below the eye upon the lid. Bill lifting high 

 over nostrils, its upper sides bulging outward abruptly at base 

 and free from feather-encroachment, but the black feathering of 



No. 29. Adult Male. 



forehead continued along the top of the bill to nostrils. At its 

 sides this very conspicuous beak is pure white from the base half- 

 way to tip, with squarish patch of black (as shown in picture), 

 this courtplaster-like patch being separated from the feathering 

 on top of the bill by a line of orange, and from the black of the 

 plumage behind by a narrower line of carmine red ; top or ridge 

 of bill (including nostrils) deep carmine red, this changing to 



