3.6. CALCEXAS. 



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Adult male. Metallic green, duller on the underparts, with 

 coppery retlectioiis, especially on the upper parts: the feathers of 

 tho hind neck very long and narrow ; head, neck, and upper breast 

 almost black ; longer upper tail-coverts, uuder tail-coverts, and 

 tail pure white : primaries, outer secondaries, and primary-coverts 

 blue-black ; quills underneath brown-black : bill and knob at 

 the base black ; feet dark purple : sides of the feet and nails 

 ochreous yellow : irides grey. Total length about 1 4 inches, wing 

 9-5, tail 3-75, bill 1, tarsus 1-7. 



Female. Similar to the male, but smaller, narrow feathers of the 

 neck shorter, and also frontal knob smaller. 



Young. Like the female, but the tail greenish black. 



Hab. From the Nicobars and Mergui Archipelago through the 

 Malay Archipelago as far east as the Solomon Islands. It has not 

 been found yet in the Timor Group. 



a-m. <3 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 n. $ juv. sk. 



o. $ ad. sk. 



p-s. c? $ ad. sk. 



t, u. J $ ad. sk. 



r, to. d ad. sk. 



x. <$ ad. sk. 



y, z. £ ad. et $ 



imm. sk. 

 a'. <S juv. sk. 



o', c . <$ 2 a( i- sk. 



d'. d ad. sk. 



e'. Juv. sk. 

 /'. 2 ad. >k. 

 g. Ad. sk. 

 A'. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 k'. 2 ad.sk. 

 /'. Ad. sk. 

 m'. Ad. sk. 

 «', u. Ad. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



</. Ad. ak. 

 >■'. 2 ad. sk. 



Batty Malve, Nicobars, March 



( W. Davison). 

 Batty Malve, Nicobars, March 



( Jr. Damson). 



Katchall Is., Nicobars, Feb. 



Katchall Is., Nicobars, Feb. 



(R. J. Wimberlet/). 

 Katchall Is.. Nicobars, Feb., 



March ( W. Davison). 

 Katchall Is.. Nicobars, Jan., 



Feb. ( W. Davison). 

 Treis Is., Nicobars, March 



( W. Davison). 

 Trinkut Is., Nicobars, Jan., 



Feb. (R. J. Wimberley). 

 Nancowrv Is.. Nicobars. Feb. 



(R. J. Wimberlet/). 

 Nancowry Is., Nicobars, Julv 



(R. G.W.R.). 

 Camorta Is., Nicobars, Dec. 



(R. J. Wimberley). 

 Billiton. 

 Tiga Island. 



Sanghir Is. (Dr. A. B. Meyer). 

 Sanghir Is. 

 F. Gilolo ( Wallace). 

 Batchian. 

 Batchian. 

 [Arab.] 



New Guinea? (A. R. Wal- 

 lace). 

 Port Moresby, New Guinea 



(A. Goldie). 

 Huon Gulf, April (Dr. 



Comrie). 

 Duke of York Is. {Rev. G. 



Brown). 



Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



R. J. Wimberlev, 

 Esq. [0.1 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tw eddale Coll. 

 A. Everett, Esq. [0.1 

 A.Everett, Esq. 0. , 

 Salvin-Godman ( !oll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman I loll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



