1 . PTILORHIS. 155 



rest of under surface ochraceous buff, mottled with narrow black 

 cross markings of irregular pattern, in the form of bars of different 

 shapes ; the lower abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts trans- 

 versely barred with blackish ; under wing-coverts orange-chestnut, 

 with which colour also the quiUs are lined on the inner web ; upper 

 wing-coverts ashy brown like the back and scapulars, the greater 

 series and the primaries externally washed with orange-rufous ; 

 quills brown, externally olivaceous brown, shading into orange- 

 rufous on the edge of the quills ; tail warm brown, slightly shaded 

 with olive and edged with orange-rufous along the inner web. 

 Total length 11-2 inches, culmen 2, wing 5-9, tail 4, tarsus 1*45. 



ffab. South-eastern Australia, ranging as for north as Queens- 

 land. 



a, b. (^2 ad. st. Australia. 



c, d. S 2 ad. sk. New South Wales. J. E. Harting, Esq. [P.]. 



2. PtilorMs victoriae. 



Ptilorhis victoria;, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. Ill, pi. 12 ; id. B. Amtr. 



Siippl. pi. ; id. Handb. B. Amtr. i. p. 593 ; Reich. Handb. Scanso- 



riffi, p. 329, Taf. dcx. figs. 408G-88; EUiot, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 582 ; 



id. Monof/r. Parad. pi. xxvi. 

 Ptilorni-s victorije, Bp. Comp. i. p. 412 ; Rosenb. J. f. 0. 1864, 



p. 123 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 105. 



Adult male (type of species). Above velvety black, appearing rich 

 purple against the light : wing-coverts coloured like the back ; quills 

 black, externally glossed with deep purjile, the secondaries entirel}' 

 of this colour ; tail rich velvety purple, the two centre feathers 

 metallic steel-green ; head metallic steel-green with a coppery gloss, 

 inclining to steel-blue on the nape ; sides of face, sides of neck and 

 throat velvety purple, with a strong gloss of fiery copper on the chin 

 and sides of the throat ; a triangidar shield of metallic green slightly 

 shaded with purple extending from the upper part of the throat 

 and occupying all the fore neck ; entire fore neck and chest rich 

 velvety purple, the lower plumes tipped with oily green ; rest of 

 under surface of body oily green, all the feathers with concealed 

 velvety black bases ; under wing-coverts purple, the lower surface 

 of the wings and tail blue-black ; biU and legs black. Total length 

 10 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 5-.3, tail 3-3, tarsus 1*4. 



Adult female. General colour above ashy brown, the head rather 

 more dusky, all the feathers narrowly streaked with fulvous, as 

 also the sides of the neck ; lores and car-coverts also brown, nar- 

 rowly streaked with whitish ; from above the fore part of the eye a 

 broad fulvous line of feathers running above the ear-coverts and 

 forming a distinct eyebrow ; cheeks and chin buffy white, the throat 

 and underparts of the body fawn-colour, spotted on the breast and 

 barred on the flanks with dark brown ; under wing- and tail-coverts 

 uniform fawn-colour ; •wing-coverts above ashy brown like the back, 

 the outermost of the greater series and the primary-coverts exter- 

 naUv washed with orange-chestnut ; quills brown, externally 



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