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e?,/. An unsexed specimen, 15 Nov. 1889, and a 

 male, 16 Nov. 1889, both from Robertsport. Both speci- 

 mens are birds of the year, upper surface glossy steel-green, 

 head smoky gray with some new glossy green feathers, a 

 narrow frontlet dirty white, quills and tail-feathers not yet 

 moulted. Chin and throat pale rusty or nearly white, with 

 some new, chestnut colored feathers, band across the chest 

 with glossy edges to some of the feathers, rest of lower 

 surface through moulting , but not as dark vinaceous red 

 as bird d. Wing 12 cM., tail (outermost feathers) 8,2 cM. 



N.B. Specimen e, having been preserved in spirit, will 

 be used as skeleton. 



y, h. Two adult males, shot at Robertsport, 

 18 December 1889. Both specimens like N°. d^ with chin 

 and throat deep chestnut-brown, rest of lower surface strongly 

 tinged with ferrugineous. Quills and tail-feathers moulted 

 in the same way as in N° c?, outermost tail-feathers long 

 and very much worn. 



i. A female, probably of the year, shot at Ro- 

 bertsport, 18 December 1889. Much paler than the two 

 preceding specimens, much like N" b, the nearly white throat 

 being spotted by many newly moulted rusty red feathers. 

 Outermost tail-feathers not much elongated and unmoulted, 

 as well as the primaries. Wing 11,5 cM. ; outermost tail- 

 feathers 6,3 cM. 



k. A fully adult male, shot on the Fisherman 

 Lake, 2 December 1880. The whole plumage, with the 

 exception of the primaries and outer tail-feathers, entirely 

 moulted and fully resembling the numbers d, g and li. The 

 cross-band on the chest is very glossy steel-blue, the lower 

 surface more richly tinged with red than in all the prece- 

 ding specimens. Wing 12,2 cM., outermost tail-feathers, 

 which are much faded , 1 1 cM. 



^, m. Adult male and female, shot on the Mes- 

 surado River, 4 April 1888. Both specimens are enti- 

 rely moulted and in full dress. Upper surface and band 

 across the chest glossy steel-blue , quills and tail-feathers 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XIl. 



