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there is likewise a material difference in the tail- 

 feathers. 



The size is rather larger, but its general structure 

 precisely the same as the last : the bill, however, is 

 more lengthened, and the feet, in proportion, much 

 larger, the toes and claws being particularly long 

 and slender ; the hinder toe is considerably longo" 

 than the lateral toes ; while the middle toe ana 

 claw exceeds the length of the tarsus, whereas in 

 the last species they are of equal length. The bill 

 is large, more lengthened in proportion than that 

 of the last, and the upper mandible more bent to- 

 wards its tip, so that the outer half of the commis- 

 sure is distinctly arched beyond the sinus in its 

 middle part. The tail is conspicuously forked, the 

 outer feather being five inches longer than the 

 middle ; the intermediate ones graduated at nearly 

 equal distance. From the circumstance of the 

 longer feathers being concave, we conjecture that 

 the tail in the living bird is boat-shaped, or laterally 

 compressed, something in the same manner as that 

 of Fidua pdradisea; yet as they are very flexible, 

 we cannot decide on this point with any certainty. 



The entire plumage, both above and below, is 

 deep and glossy black ; paler and inclining to brown 

 on the wings, where the tertials have a pale fulvous 

 external margin. The bright orange scarlet band 

 is situated across the upper part of the breast, or 

 rather at the lower part of the throat. 



Total length, from the bill to the tip of the wings, 

 4^ inches ; tail beyond, 6 ; bill, from the gape, j 



