602 MR. E. P. RAMSAY ON NEW SPECIES OF [Nov. 3, 



A narrow line clown the centre of each feather on the top of the 

 head and neck black ; line over the eye and just in front of it white, 

 tinged with olive-green ; lower part of the ear-coverts black ; upper 

 part immediately behind the eye centred with white and tinged 

 slightly with olive-green ; sides of the lower part of the neck olive- 

 green, each feather indistinctly marked with a white-brown spot. 



Whole of the under surface olive-green, being brightest on the 

 flanks, each feather on the chest centred with a conspicuous and 

 somewhat heart-shaped blotch of white, which on the abdomen and 

 flanks becomes lanceolate in form, more acute on the feathers between 

 the flanks and round the vent, which are nearly white, having a 

 brownish crescentic mark near the margin ; the spots on the abdo- 

 men are almost obsolete. Under tail-coverts olive-green, centred 

 and broadly margined with white tinged with olive-green ; the basal 

 portion of all the feathers brown ; under surface of the tail browu, 

 with a tinge of bluish green in certain lights ; all but the two centre 

 tail-feathers tipped with white on both surfaces ; the under surface 

 of the wings, inner webs of primaries, and secondaries dark brown, 

 becoming almost white on the margins of the inner webs. The inner 

 webs of primaries and secondaries, and the basal part of the inner 

 webs of the tertiaries blackish brown on the upper surface ; the mar- 

 gin of the wings and under wing-coverts white, with a somewhat 

 crescent-shaped mark of dark brown, margined with green, in the 

 centre ; the basal portion of the feathers dark brown. The narrow 

 outer web of the primaries above bluish-green ; all the upper surface 

 from the back of neck and mantle bright grass-green ; on the tertia- 

 ries to approximate secondaries a small spot of white at the tips of 

 the outer webs only ; some of the lesser wing-coverts have also a 

 similar spot in certain specimens ; and a few of the feathers between 

 the shoulders have a bluish green tinge ; two centre tail-feathers and 

 the outer webs of all except the first feather on either side bright 

 grass-green above ; the lower portion of the outer web of the first 

 tail-feather on either side tinged with green ; the inner webs of all 

 the tail-feathers except the two centre ones blackish brown above, 

 tinged with green near the shafts of the feathers, but becoming 

 blackish brown near the tips, which end in a white marginal spot 

 more largely developed on the inner webs and of greater extent on 

 the outer feathers, diminishing into a narrow white line on those next 

 the centre tail-feathers. Bill light horn-colour. 



Total length 10 to 11 inches; bill from forehead 1, from eye 1*9 to 

 2, from nostril 06, from angle of the mouth 1'45, width at base - 5; 

 wing from flexure 5*5 ; tail 4*3; tarsi 1"6 to 1"8, of a dark bluish 

 horn-colour. Claws light brown. 



The bill is of a pale brown, whilst on the margins and sides it is 

 brownish or yellowish brown, about the base stiong and powerful. 

 The feet and legs are blackish horn-brown in the dried skins. The 

 sexes are alike in plumage. Some of my specimens, apparently 

 more adult and in full moult at the time they were shot, have dull 

 brown instead of whitish spots on the black feathers on the head and 

 face : these spots in young birds are washed with olive-green. 



