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showing traces of female feathering on the rump and lacking 

 tlie black margins on many of the featliers of the breast 

 and flanks. (4) In complete male plumage, but with an 

 admixture of female feathers on the rump. (Skins). 



CHRYsoLornus pictus (L.). 



cJ adult. Purchased in the market at Pekin. (Skin). For 

 comparison with the two abnormal females described below. 



$ in almost complete male plumage. Purchased of Messrs. 

 Rowland Ward. (Mounted). This specimen shows several 

 notable abnormalities ; the wing-coverts are chestnut mixed 

 with red and barred with steel-blue ; the dorsal feathers, 

 instead of being entirely metallic green as in the normal male, 

 ^VG maroon-red with wide metallic oily-green margins; and, 

 lastly, the large tippet instead of being deej) orange with steel- 

 blac.k margins to the feathers, as in the normal male, is orange, 

 with an inner crimson and an outer steel-black margin to each 

 feather. 



$ assuming male plumage. Leadenhall Market, 19. ix. 06. 

 (Skin). Breast mixed with yellow, red, and whitish; flanks 

 and throat heavily barred with black ; crown of the head 

 mixed yellow and orange ; tippet similar, but with the red 

 and black margins of the feathers less distinct and more 

 irregular; tail-feathers partly like those of the male; back 

 normal, but washed with yellow and metallic green. 



ChRYSOLOPHUS AMHEKSTlyE (Lcadb.). 



^ adult. Bred in au aviary at Brighton, 1889. Messrs. 

 Brazenor Bros. (Skin). For comparison with the abnormal 

 female described below. 



? assuming male plumage. Bred in an aviary at Brighton. 

 Messrs. Brazenor Bros. (Skin). Crown crimson instead of 

 metallic oil-green as in the male ; tippet pearl-grey, with 

 crimson submarginal bands and black margins to the feathers, 

 instead oi white with black margins to feathers, as in the male ; 

 tail as in the male ; long lateral upper tail-coverts rufuus 

 barred ivith greyish-black on their basal half and scarlet with 

 broad transverse lavender-grey bands on their apical half, 

 instead of vhite barred ivith steel-green on their basal half 



