Malė. — Forehead, lores, ear-coverts and throat deep velvety-black; 

 from behind the eye, round the occiput, and down the sides of the 

 neck, a mark of verdigris-green, gradually bknding into the yellow- 

 ish green of the upper surface and M'ings ; across the breast a broad 

 band of shining lilac-purple, below which all the under surface is 

 shining wax-yellow ; bill liesh-white at the base, tipped with blood- 

 red at the point ; feet fleshy. 



Young Female. — Head grey ; upper surface light olive ; under sur- 

 face pale buflf; chin white ; primaries and tail broMTi ; irides dark 

 brown. 



Totai length. Sf inches ; bill, f ; \ving, ^ ; tail, 1^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hah. North-eastem portion of Australia. 



Remarks. — The young of this apecies killed by Mr. Gilbert had 

 the gape on each side ornamented Tvith three excrescences about 

 the size of the head of a moderate-sized pin, the upper and lower of 

 which were of a bright indigo-blue, and the middle one of a very pale 

 yello\v, and on the roof of the mouth five small spots of purple, form- 

 ing a crescent across to each angle of the gape. 



