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same locality, and these two specimens 

 are in the National Collection. 



It is very probable that this fine species 

 may be found to occur in some of the 

 mountains north and east of Myitkyina in 

 Upper Burma. 



The male has the short curly feathers 

 of the crown rich metallic blue. The 

 back and sides of the neck are copper- 

 colour. The mantle and the greater part 

 of the visible portions of the closed Wings 

 are a rich metallic purple, and a large 

 patch near the bend of the wing is metallic 

 green or bronze. The back, rump and 

 the tail-coverts are white with some of 

 the shafts black. The tail is chestnut 

 with a broad white tip, the base of the 

 feathers black with narrow wavy white 

 bars. The lower plumage is black with 

 a slight gloss in places. 



The female has the crown, the sides 

 of the head and the whole neck blackish, 

 each feather with a triangular rufous mark. 

 The mantle, the back and the visible 

 portions of the closed wings are blackish 

 mottled with rufous, and each feather 

 has a long, narrow, jagged, rufous streak 

 down the middle. The rump and the 

 tail-coverts are pale creamy buff narrowly 

 and irregularly barred with black. The 



