37. roEPHiLA. 379 



Poepliila niirabilis, J)fs Mws, Iconof/r. Orn. pi. iii. (184o); GotiM, 

 B. Austr. fol. iii. pi. 89 {l8iS) ;' Eeichenb. Vof/. NeuJwll. p. 91 

 (1850) ; £p. Comp. i. p. 456 (1850); Jacq. et 'Piicher, Toy. Pule 

 Slid, iii, p. 99 (1853); Gould, Haiidh. B. Amtr. i. p. 421 (1865) ; 

 Armit, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 95 (1877) ; Eamsaif, Proc. Linn. 

 Sue. N. S. W. ii. p. 187 (1878) ; id. oj). cit. (2) i. p! 1091 (1887 ), 

 ii. p. 169 O^SS) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 10 (1888). 



Amadiua gouklipe, pt., Grny, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849). 



C'hloebia niirabilis, Ecicheiib. Sinfjv. p. 30, Taf. x. tigs. 87, 88 (1802). 



Amadina mirabilis, Grmj, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 65, uo. 6775 (1870). 



Adult male. Very pale grass-green, the feathers of the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts light blue with ashy whitish tips ; wiug- coverts like 

 the back ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky brown with nar- 

 row greenish margins ; quills dusk}* brown, the primaries externally 

 olive-yellow, the secondaries greener on the outer web, the inner 

 ones yellow in the centre; tail-feathers black, the outer ones 

 spotted with white at the ends ; forehead and sinciput, lores, sides 

 of face, and ear-coverts scarlet ; this red patch surrounded by a 

 narrow line of black, followed by a band of beautiful blue between 

 the black line and the green of the occiput and bind neck, which is 

 rather lighter than the rest of the back : throat black, followed by 

 a line of bright cobalt-blue, and then by a broad band of beautiful 

 lilac across the fore neck and chest ; remainder of under surface of 

 body golden yellow, with a tinge of light green on the flanks ; thighs 

 fulvescent ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts ful- 

 vescent ; quills dusky below, isabelline along the inner web : " bill 

 pink and white ; legs yellow ; iris deep brown " {J. R. Elsey). 

 Total length 4-1 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-55, tail 1-9, tarsus 

 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-6, tail 2, tarsus 0-55. 



Youncf. Very much paler than the adults; head black, mixed 

 with dark crimson, and this frontal patch bordered behind by a 

 distinct broad line of blue ; throat black, as also the sides of the 

 face, which show a little ciimson below the eye ; sides of neck pale 

 prccn, with a little blue shade in the centre ; "chest-patch very pale 

 lilac ; breast and abdomen very pale yellow. 



Bah. Xorth and JN'orth-west Australia. 



«. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. Ad. ; c. .Tuv. sk. Port Es.sington. Dr. Pachardson [P.l. 



d,e. Ad. et juv. st. Port Essiugton. Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



/,</■ d?ad. sk. N.W. Australia, Ajuil, Mav. J. K. Elsev,'Esq."[P.J 



