112 ARTAMIA BERNIERI. 



The specimens of this species , now before me , are 

 thirteen in number , viz. five adult males , two males in 

 passage and six females. It appears from the inspection 

 of these skins , that all the adult females and the males 

 in imperfect plumage show the system of coloration of the 

 specimen of the Paris Museum , figured in my above cited 

 work ; that the males in passage , one killed in March , 

 the other one in November , although similar to the female 

 and young male , have their plumage partly varied with black 

 feathers , while the plumage of adult males is entirely tinged 

 with an uniform and deep glossy black , inclining to 

 greenish steelblue. 



I add to these observations that the proportions of the 

 different parts appear to be very little liable to variations, 

 which will appear from the following measures — 



Wing four inches and four lines to four inches and five, 

 lines. Tail three inches and three lines. Tarse ten lines. 

 Middle toe without nail seven inches. Bill ten to eleven 

 lines. 



Notes from the Leydeii Mviseiinri. 



