684 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON LEPTOSOMA DISCOLOR. [Nov. 28, 
external characters of Leptosoma discolor is the extreme elongation 
of the feathers of the lores and their projection forward over the bill 
on each side. The bill is in reality long and strong, and the gape 
Fig. 1. 
Head of male Leptosoma. 
very wide; but the basal half is entirely concealed from view by 
this extraordinary development of the loral plumes. It is, I sup- 
pose, for the purpose of getting the nostrils out of the way of these 
that the openings of them are carried so far forward. They are 
placed laterally, rather nearer the apex of the beak than the front 
Fig. 2. 
Outline of the skull of Leptosoma. 
