154 GENERA AND SPECIES. 



these feathers cross each other, the bird being 

 in a state of repose. The female wants these 

 caudal streamers. The beak is moderate, and 

 nearly straight. 



Male. Total length, 10i inches ; bill, | ; long- 

 est tail feather, 7 ; outermost tail feather, If. 



Irides black ; beak coral red, the tip black ; 

 feet purplish brown, soles paler ; back, rump 

 and tail-coverts rich golden green ; wings pur- 

 plish black, the outer edge of the first primary 

 whitish ; second primary longest ; tail deep 

 black with a bluish gloss. The tail is slightly 

 forked, the feathers regularly graduating from 

 the central ones, outwards, save that the outer- 

 most but one is exceedingly lengthened. Throat, 

 breast and abdomen gorgeous emerald green. 

 Under tail-coverts purplish black ; crown, back of 

 the head, and nape deep velvety black, very 

 slightly glossed ; the plumage of the hinder part 

 of the head long and loose, descending in two 

 lateral tufts upon the nape, which are to some 

 extent erectile. 



Female, 4 inches in total length ; tail, 1 -f-$. 

 Irides dark brown ; beak dull reddish brown, 

 black at the edges and tip ; feet nearly black ; 

 forehead and crown dusky brown, scaled, gra- 

 dually becoming green on the hind head, whence 

 the whole upper plumage is rich golden green ; 

 tail blue-black, the exterior two feathers on 

 each side broadly tipped with white ; uropygials 

 golden green ; the feathers graduate uniformly ; 



