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a 10 . Underparts splendid me- 

 tallic purple, almost 



010 T ! ,n ! fom t •■■;• albigularis, 



P . Underparts chestnut-pur- [p. 313 



purple or vinous purple. 

 aa. Upper part of the head, 

 neck and crop-region 

 metallic purple - chest- 

 nut ; breast and abdomen 

 nearly the same, but 

 ■with less metallic re- 

 flections ; female with 

 head and neck slate- 

 colour with metallic re- 



flections.... hypvwchroa, 



P&. Lpper part ol the head fa 315 



and hind neck slate-grey, 

 with metallic green or 

 purple reflections ; lower 

 part of the fore neck, 

 breast, aud abdomen 

 vinous purple in the 

 male ; female duller, 

 and with the under- 

 parts less vinous and 

 more or less tinged with 



dull chestnut wtienus, p. 316. 



o . General plumage both above 

 and below dark slate-grey 

 the feathers of the upper 

 parts with green or purple 

 metallic edges. 

 •y 10 . Upper part of the head 

 black, with no chestnut- 

 purple colour; underparts 

 with rufous - chestnut 

 colour on the edges of the 

 feathers in young birds 



(or females?).. ; leopoldi, p. 317. 



d 10 . Upper part of the head " 



dull purple-chestnut .... castaneiceps, 

 . Head and throat whitish (Leu- fn -^is 



comekena). L ^ - oxo - 



7". Neck like the upper aud under 

 parts, brown or Blate-black, 

 the feathers bruadlv mar- 

 gined with rich opaline tint 

 (Ramsay). 

 < '. Ground or non - metallic 

 colour of the feathers 

 blackish brown {Ramsay) . j.dlidiceps, 

 I . Ground or non-metallic f p 319 



colour of the feathers 



slate-blue {Ramsay) philippana, 



[p. 319. 



