240 DicBtrKiD.i;. 



fering iu its long slender bill and in the more distinct spangles, 



Head of Chibia amboincnsis. 



especially on the hinder neck, 

 wing 5-5, tail 5-5, tarsus 1. 

 Eah. Ceram and Amboyna. 



Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-3, 



a. 5 ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Juv. sk. 



Amboyna. 



Ceram. 

 E. Ceram. 



N. Ceram. 

 N. Ceram. 



A. R.Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 of species.) '^ 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 A. R.Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cl. 

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(Type 



5. Chibia pectoralis. 



Dicrurus pectoralis, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335, 342 ; Finsch, 

 Neu-Guinea, p. 170 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 2»6. 



Head of Chibia pectoralis. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour velvety black, with 

 scarcely any gloss on the back; crown of head and long hackles on 

 the side of the neck metallic steel-black, with a purplish shade ; 

 wings metallic steel-gieen, the primaries black externally, washed 

 with a deeper shade of the same ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, 

 glossed with metallic steel-green on the outer webs of the feathers ; 

 lores, frontal plumes, and sides of face deep velvety black ; on the 

 forehead a few long silky hairs ; rest of under surface of body deep 

 velvety black without any perceptible gloss, the lower throat and 

 breast very distinctly spangled with large tips of deep metallic green 

 to all the feathers ; bill and feet black ; iris dark red. Total length 

 12 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 6-05, tail 5-75, tarsus 1'05. 



