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feathers are smaller than usual , and in consequence of these 

 characters , connected with the inferior size of the bird , I 

 believe it also to be a female of the year. 



c. Male, shot at Paynesville ontheMessurado 

 River, 23 October 1884. Above glossy steel-blue, quills 

 and tail-feathers strongly glossed with green and narrowly 

 edged with buffy white at the tips. Frontlet narrow and 

 very pale buff, a short superciliary line and entire throat 

 pale rufous , chin white , breast-band broad , uniform pale 

 brown , rest of under surface , including under wing- and 

 tail-coverts , pure white , without the slightest tinge of buff 

 whatever. Wing 12 cM., tail 7 cM. There is no trace of 

 moulting in the whole plumage, but the unabraded state 

 of quills and tail-feathers , the outer ones of which latter 

 are not fully developed , and also the rich metallic gloss 

 on the upper parts indicate that these parts have already 

 got through moulting. The lower parts, however, as des- 

 cribed above, cannot be considered as having moulted, 

 and the rather early date — there is no statement of the 

 birds arriving long before October — would hardly allow 

 to assume the full winter-dress. This rather puzzling spe- 

 cimen is the one mentioned as R. lucida (N. L. M. 1886, 

 p. 248) and united afterwards (N. L. M. 1889, p. 117) with 

 B.. rustica on account of the greater length of the wing 

 and the broad dark band running across the fore-neck. 



d. Adult female, shot at Robertsport, 15 Nov. 

 1889. Upper parts probably newly moulted, glossy steel- 

 blue, also all the wing-coverts, most of the secondaries and 

 innermost tail-feathers. Rest of the secondaries, all the prima- 

 ries and the outer tail-feathers not yet moulted and entirely 

 worn out and abraded. Frontlet very pale and not yet moulted. 

 All the lower parts , including the under wing-coverts , newly 

 moulted ; chin and upper throat nearly chestnut-brown , band 

 across the chest glossy steel-green , divided in the centre by 

 some rusty red feathers ; rest of lower surface and under wing- 

 coverts vinaceous red. Wing 11,5 cM., tail unfit for measu- 

 rement, the tips of the outermost feathers being wanting. 



JSotes from the Leyden JMuseuxii , Vol. XII. 



