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lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts orange-yellow mixed with 

 black, the feathers of the rump olive-brown at base ; wings deep 

 orange, the feathers black at the base ; quills orange, shading off 

 into olive-brown towards the tips, the inner secondaries olive-brown, 

 with more or less orange-yellow towards the base ; tail black ; a 

 narrow line running from the base of the bill, as well as the lores 

 and the feathers round the eye, sides of face, and throat, black ; 

 rest of under surface of body orange-yellow ; sides of the head and 

 neck, as well as the long plumes on the side of the latter, fiery 

 orange-red like the dorsal shield ; bill black ; " iris clear straw- 

 yellow " (Beccari). Total length about 9 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 

 5-1, tail 3-65. 



Female. General plumage uniform olive-colour; throat blackish 

 brown, spotted with olive ; bill and feet brown. {ElJiot.) 



Young. ITpper part of head and neck light brown, darkest in the 

 centre of the feathers ; mantle covering the upper part of the back 

 dark brown, with the shafts yellow ; rest of upper parts dark rufous- 

 brown, the centres of the feathers of the back bright yellow ; wings 

 rufous brown ; tail lighter brown than the back, the shafts rufous ; 

 cheeks and throat light rufous brown : entire underparts bright 

 golden yellow ; bill, feet, and tarsi black. ( Elliot.) 



Hah. New Guinea. 



a, b. Ad. sk. New Guinea. 



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