100. CEPHALULKVIS. 357 



Cephalolepis delalaudi, Cab. >^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 61 ; Scl. Cat. 



A771. B. p. 301 ; Felz. Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. 



Mat. For. Kjob. 1870, ^. 111; miot, Syn. Troth, p. 180; Salv. 



Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 365. 

 Bellona delalandi, Muls. 4' Verr. Class. Track, p, 75. 

 Cephalolepis beskii, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 58. 

 Cephalepis beskii, JE/liot, Ibis, 1874, p. 262. 

 Cephallepis beskii, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 222. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy grass-green ; crown 

 and the shorter of the elongated occipital plumes glittering green ; 

 longest occipital plume blacK ; middle of the under surface shining 

 violet-blue ; chin, sides of the neck, and flanks grey ; discs of the 

 under tail-coverts tinged with green ; central rectrices bronze- 

 green, lateral steel-blue, green at the base and tipped with grey ; 

 bill black. Total length about 3-3 inches, wing 1-95, tail 1*3, 

 bill 0-65. 



Female. Uncrested ; crown like the back, under surface entirely 

 dusky gi-ey. 



Young males commence their adult dress bj' assuming scattered 

 violet-blue feathers on the middle of the under surface ; the long 

 occipital plume appears before the glittering feathers of the crown. 



There appears to be some variation in the males of this bird, but 

 no materials are at hand to show if they are in any way localized. 

 One of these forms or varieties has been described as C. beskii. It 

 has, according to Mr. Elliot, a bluer crown and the breast lighter blue 

 than C. delalaudi. Another, described by Mr. Elliot but un- 

 named, has the crown " shiny black " and the breast darker blue 

 than the typical form. A specimen before me has the crown like 

 the type, but the abdomen much greener and the breast of an indigo 

 rather than a violet tint. 



Hah. South-eastern Brazil. 



a-h. (J ad. ; i,J. (S juv. ; Brazil. Salvio-Godman, Gould, & 



k-m. 2 ad. sk. Sclater Colls. 



n. (5 ad. sk. Brazil. Mrs. Ince [P.]. 



(),p. (^ ad.; (J, r. cfjuv.st. Purchased. 



2. Cephalolepis loddigesi. 



'J'rochilus loddigesi, Gould, P. Z. <S'. 18.30-31, p. 12 ; Less. Hist. Nat. 



p. 138, pi. 51 : id. hid. Gin. Troch. p. xxx. 

 Cephalepis loddigesi, Bp. Consp. Ar. i. p. 83; id. Rev. Zool. 1864, 



p. 256 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. pi. 209 (Oct. 1854); id. Litr. Truck. 



p. 118. 

 Orthorbvochus y. Cephalepis loddigesi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; 



id. Troch. Enum. p. 9, pi. 809. IK 4884-7. 

 Orthorhynchus loddigesi, Burm. Sy-^f. Feb. ii. p. 352. 

 Cephaloiepi- loddigesi, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 61 ; Felz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 33 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 180. 

 Ik'llona loddigesi, Mids. if Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75. 

 < 'e])hant']iis loddi^iesi, Muh. Hitt. Nut, Ois.-Mourhes, iii. p. 191 ; id. 



Ann. .Vor. Liuii. I-yon, .\xii. ji. 222. 



