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as the lesser and median wing-coTerts, brown, all more or less 

 broadly edged with reddish ochre, shaded, under certain lights, with 

 metallic oil-green ; greater coverts and quills brown, narrowly edged 

 with metallic crimson like the back, these margins becoming broader 

 on the innermost both of the coverts and of the secondaries, which 

 arc nearly entirely fiery crimson ; lower throat and entire breast 

 forming a shield of metallic grass-green, all the jugular feathers 

 having a mesial spot of brilliant metallic blue, which is rei^resented 

 by a similar spot of brilliant green on the breast-plumes, which be- 

 come developed into long square-tipped plumes on the lower breast, 

 forming a kind of pectoral ruff, the lateral plumes of which are 

 burnished copper, ending in metallic greenish blue of extreme brU- 

 liaucy, with a narrow subterminal burnished liue of blighter copper ; 

 remainder of under surface purplish brown, including the under 

 wing- and tail-covcrts ; quills brown below, edged ■with dull orange- 

 buff on the inner web. Total length 7'2 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 

 3-85, tail 2, elongated feathers extending 2-15 inches beyond, 

 tarsus 1-15. 



Adult female. Dissimilar in plumage to the male, but the head 

 bare as in that sex, the feathers on the crown being velvety brown ; 

 mantle brown, remainder of the back olive-brown, somewhat shaded 

 with golden, and on the upper tail- coverts with faint red ; wings 

 brown, the greater coverts narrowly edged with dull crimson, as 

 also are the quills, the secondaries having a decided golden gloss ; 

 tail brown, also slightly shaded with golden ; cheeks and under sur- 

 face of body light yellowish brown, transversely barred with narrow 

 cross lines of blackish brown, a little broader on the flanks and sides 

 of the body ; hinder part of cheeks and chin hoary white, minutely 

 speckled with brown cross lines ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 reddish, barred with dusky brown ; quills dark brown below, edged 

 with reddish buff along the inner web. Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0-9, wing 3"8, tail 2*4, tarsus 1-1. 



Obs. Dr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1857, p. 6), after examining ilr. Cassin's 

 type of /S. wilsoni in Philadelphia, says that it is not only the same 

 as Eonaparte's LopliorJiina n's^juhlica, but that it also served as 

 the type before going to Philadelphia. In these identifications he 

 is followed by Mr. Elliot and by other ornithologists. Bonaparte's 

 description is, indeed, short, consisting of the words " fasciculo e 

 plumis elongatis nuchaj rubris." He himself' corrects the mistake of 

 placing it in the genus LopliorMna, and in relegating it to DqJiyl- 

 lodcs he repeats the above characters : these he apparently considered 

 sufficient on account of the very distinct nature of the bird ; and I 

 contend that lildjiidornis respuhlica {vide supra) is the onh' species 

 which answers to this diagnosis. Consequently this name takes 

 precedence over that oi guUdnii tertii. 



Hah. Islands of Waigiou and Batanta. 



a,h. cJ $ ad. sk. Waigiou. Dr. Bernstein [C.]. 



