1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 655 



h-k. Jr. 2 . Marchesa Bay. 



/. //•. (S . Chabrol Bay, Waigiou. 



m. S ■ Waigiou. 



Iris brown, of female greyish biown ; bill black, tip of upper 

 mandible brownish ; feet and legs bright blue, darker in the female. 

 Inside of mouth bright greenish yellow in both sexes. Length, ex- 

 clusive of long rectrices, 18-O-20-0 centims., wing 9-4-9'8. Shot in 

 October and November. Malay name Kapala kruis (Cross-head). 



The bare occipital patch is of the brightest imaginable blue during 

 life ; the figure in Gould's ' Birds of New Guinea ' gives no notion of 

 the extreme brilliancy of the colouring- of this part. In the female 

 and young male it is not quite so bright. It begins to fade almost 

 immediately after death, is quite dull in four or five hours, and by 

 next day the skin is as black as in a long-shot specimen. The 

 curved tail-feathers also seem to lose their colour, contrary to what 

 is usually the case in plumes of metallic colouring. Before fading 

 they are of a bright steely purple. 



The immature male diifers in no way from the female. Of the 

 change of plumage to the adult dress, I can, however, give no infor- 

 mation. The species occurred to us most commonly at the east end 

 of Batanta, but it was far from abundant. It frequented hills of 

 about 1000 feet in height, at a distance of about half a mile from 

 the sea. 



164. CiciNNURUS REGIUS (Linn.). 



Cicinnurus regius, Salvad. op. cit. vol. ii. p. 646. 



a, b. S • Arfak. 



c-f. S • Andai. 



g-l. Jr. 6 . "New Guinea." 



m-o. 6 • Salwatti. 



p. $ . Salwatti. 



q. Jr. (f. Salwatti. 



r-r. S. Mysol. 



s'-g". Jr. 6- Mysol. 



h"-l". $ . Mysol. 



m"-y". 6- Jobi. 



r"-t". Jr. c?. Jobi. 



u". 2. Jobi. 



v"-b"'. Mysol. 



Iris brown ; bill yellowish horn-colour, becoming quite yellow 

 in the dried skin, in the female and young male brownish ; legs 

 and feet bright blue, somewhat duller in the female ; inside of mouth 

 bright yellowisli green. Total length, not including median rectrices, 

 17*0-19'4 centim,, of females and young males 19"0-21'0, the 

 larger measurements depending on the greater length of the tail in 

 the latter. Wing 9"8-10"4 centims. Native name among the hunters 

 of the Rajah Ampat, Kepin-kepin. 



In the large series obtained on the 'Marchesa's' cruise, of which 

 the above are a portion only, the various changes in the plumage 



