122 LITTLE PALE-WINGED PROMEROPS. 



with the figure given of Rhinopomastes in the Zoolo- 

 gical Journal. 



The bill of our present species, like that of all 

 the typical Promerops, is considerably compressed, 

 so that the culmen becomes almost carinated. The 

 fourth and fifth wings are the longest, and the sides 

 only of the tail-are rounded ; the six middle feathers 

 being almost of equal length. The ground colour of 

 the whole plumage is deep black, richly glossed with 

 purple-blue on the head, neck, breast, and back ; 

 less so on the wings and tail, and not at all on the 

 body. The primaries, near their base, haye a 

 transverse white spot, which does not cross the 

 outer web of the two first quills ; besides these, the 

 five first quills are crossed, at about an inch from 

 their tips, with a shade of greyish-white, which 

 crosses both webs, but which leaves the extreme 

 tips brown : bill and legs horn colour. 



Total length, 9 inches ; bill, from the front, 1 J ; 

 ditto, from the gape, .1 ^ ; wings, 3 T 7 o ; tail, from 

 the base, 5. 



The young bird is brown from the chin to the 

 belly, where the colour gradually becomes black. 



