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occiput, nape, and mantle metallic amethyst, with traces of 

 the same on the breast ; all the feathers above minutely 

 freckled with rufous : beneath bright vinous chestnut ; three 

 outer pairs of tail-feathers broadly tipped with rufous. 



I am somewhat in doubt as to what the plumage of the 

 adult female is like. 



It would seem as though in this group of Macropygia the 

 sexes do not differ, but at the same time there are specimens 

 in the British Museum which are marked female, and which 

 show no signs of youth. They are of a duller chestnut-brown 

 than the males j head like the male, but a little darker ; upper 

 surface without amethyst and more or less barred, especially 

 on the nape and mantle, which are of a brighter chestnut ; 

 beneath rufous, with transverse bars on the breast. One 

 female specimen, from Java, evidently young, has the 

 breast-feathers blackish with rufous centres. Wing 6'7 to 

 7 inches, tail 7*5 to 8*2, tarsus 08, bill 1. 



Hab. Lombock, Java, and Borneo. 



This is the only species of the genus which is found on 

 both sides of the Straits separating the Oriental and Aus- 

 tralian Regions. It is the connecting-link between M.phasia- 

 nella and its outlying races. 



7. Macropygia modiglianii. 



Macropygia modiglianii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 

 ser. 2, iv. p. 559, pi. viii. f. 2. 



This is simply a darker and rather larger race of M. emi- 

 liana, intermediate between it and M. tenuirostris. Wing 

 73 inches, tail 7'5, tarsus l'l, bill 1. 



Its coloration is also conspicuously brighter, especially in 

 the amethystine of the upper surface, nape, and mantle, and 

 the vinous tinge of the back and upper tail-coverts, which is 

 much brighter on the latter. The legs and feet are much 

 more massive. Iris, dusky blue with a double circle of white 

 externally in the male, red in the female ; bill chocolate ; 

 feet red (Modigliani) . 



Hab. Island of Nias. 



I have to thank the officials of the Museum at Genoa for 

 the loan of the type specimen of this species. 



