Dr. I\. ]\. ,^li;u)'0 on a neic Species o/'Caly])tornena. 249 



aiul then dcscciuliiig in a succession of bounds, strikin^^ and 



restrikiny; tlie alass at each ricochet. 



.... 



Tlic tail is at times held drooping, sometimes elevated, and 

 frequently jerked up and down. 



XXXVII. — Discrijition of a new Species o/'Calyptomena //-o/u 

 Nort/i-icesfern Borneo. By 11. lioWDLEK tSllAliPL:, LL.D., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



I'he accompanying description applies to a most beautiful 

 bird ■which lias been .submitted to the British ]\Iuseuin by 

 ]\lr. Charles Hose, who procured it on Mount Dulit. It is a 

 larger bird than 6'. viridis, but inferior in size to G. White- 

 heudi, and differs from both in its bright blue breast. 

 1 propose to call it, after its discoverer, 



Cahjptomena Ilosii, sp. n. 



Adult male. — General colour emerald-green, witli a black 

 ?]:ot on the forehead, nearly concealed by the loral ])lumes 

 \\hich overhang the bill, the lateral frontal plumes having 

 concealed black bases ; on the occiput a spot of velvety 

 black, and a small spot of black on each side behind 

 the ear-coverts ; on the lower hind neck another patch 

 of velvety black ; on all the median and greater wing-coverts 

 a rounded subterminal spot of black; quills black, externally 

 imerald-green ; the innermost secondaries entirely green; 

 upper tail-coverts very long, green like the back, and entirely 

 cinaalivg a lateral latch of hrilHant cohalt-hlue feathers ; 

 tail-feathers green, with black shafts, with a broad terminal 

 band of black ; throat and entire sides t>f body emerald-green, 

 the centre of the body bright cobalt-blue from the lower 

 throat downwards ; under tail-coverts blue, with greenish 

 bases ; under wing-coverts dark emerald-green, and quills 

 black below. 



Total length 8'5 inches, culmen about 0-8, wing 5*2, tail 

 2-4, tarsus 1-0. 



Adult female.- — Dift'ers from the male in being much duller 

 in colour, more yellowish-green in tint, especially on the 

 under surface, where the lower breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail- coverts are pale blue, not rich cobalt as in the male. 

 The black spots on the forehead, occiput, hind neck, and 

 behind the ear-coverts are entirely wanting, and on the wing- 

 coverts the black spots are confined to the median series 

 only ; the tail-feathers are entirely dark green, blackish near 

 the base. 



Total length 7"5 inches, culmen 1"7, wing 4\S, tail 2*4, 

 tarsus 0^95. 



