lid. TODorsis. 281 



Muscitode a tete bleue, Hombr. et Jacq. Vutj. Pole Stid, Athnf, pi. I'O. 

 fig. 2. 



Tchitrea ? Cicnileocepliala (lapsu), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 2(30. 



Philentoma cyanocephala, Jacq. et Fticher. Voy. Pule Slid, texte, Zoo!. 

 iii. p. 70. 



Todopsis caeruleocepliala, Bp. C. B. xxxviii. p. 652. 



Todop,sis cyanocephala, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 177 ; td. P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 156, et 1861, p. 434; id. Cat. Mamm. <yc. New Guinea, p. 27; 

 Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 168 ; Sclater,P. Z. S. 1873, p. 696; Meyer, 

 Sifz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixix. pp. 74, 78 ; Salvad. Ann, Mus. Civic, 

 Ge)iov. viii. p. 398, x. p. 148 ; Gould, B. New Guinea, part viii. 



Tcbitrea cyauocepliala, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 334, no. 5031. 



Adult male. Crown of head bright turquoise-blue, extending in a 

 narrow band down the nape and hind neck ; lores and a narrow 

 frontal band, feathers above the eye, sides of face and of neck, and 

 hinder neck velvety black ; middle of the back and scapulars bright 

 cobalt, as also the lessor wing-coverts ; greater and primary-coverts 

 black, externally edged with purple ; quills black, the secondaries 

 extern idly bright cobalt, the innermost puqilish blue ; entire back 

 from below the mantle velvety black, with a slight purple gloss ; 

 upper tail-coverts deep purple ; tail-feathers black, duU blue on the 

 outer webs, the two centre feathers entirely shaded blue ; cheeks 

 and entire under surface of. body dark purple ; under wing-coverts 

 black ; bill, feet, and iris black (D'Albertis), Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0*65, wing 2'35, tail 2'4, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. General colour above chestnut-brown, the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills dark brown, externally edged with 

 chestnut ; crown of head bright turquoise-blue, extending in a band 

 down the nape ; a narrow frontal line, lores, sides of face, and sides 

 of the hinder crown purplish black ; cheeks and throat dull cobalt ; 

 lower throat, breast, and centre of the body dull creamy white, the 

 lower throat laterally cobalt ; sides of bodj', flanks, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts chestnut, glossed with lilac on the sides of the 

 upper breast ; under wing-coverts chestnut, the outer lower coverts 

 butfy white, as also the edge of the wing ; lower surface of quiUs 

 dark brown, edged with rufous along the inner web ; tail light 

 indigo, waved across with dusky lines under certain lights, all the 

 feathers rather broadly tijjped with white ; bill black ; feet dark 

 brown in skin. Total length 5*2 inches, culmen 0'65, wing 2-25, 

 tail 2'35, tarsus 0-95. 



Hab. !New Guinea. 



«, 6. c? $ sk. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. f^^.l. 



e, d. c? sk. Dorey, 1858. A. K. Wallace, Esq 'C,]. 



e. $ juv. sk. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Todopsis honapartii. 



Todopsis cvanocephala, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 177, i)!. 134 fnec Q. 



et G.). 

 Todopsis bonapiutii, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 156, et 1861, p. 434; Finsch, 



Nen-Guinva, p. 1()8 : Meyer, Sitz. k.'Akad, Wien, Ixix. p. 78: 



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