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Glands liirsuta Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 431 (lloraiuw, 3-300 £t.) ; id. Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 41, 1892 ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 

 i. p. 106, no. 1001, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface bronze-green, 

 darker and more dusky on the head and more green on the upper 

 tail-coverts and central tail-feathers ; outer tail-feathers chestnut 

 at the base, subapically brown, and the entire tail tipped with white ; 



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Y\^. OS. 



QIaiicis hirsiifrt. 

 -To show the arched bill and ronndi'd tail. 



flight-quills brown with pale edges at the ti[)S ; throat diisk^', 

 r<'iiiain(UM' of the under surface dull rufous, paler on the middle 

 of the abdomen. 



Total length ]00 mm., culmen P.."), wing TxS, tail 33. 



We do not know the exact locality, in the Colony, of the mak> 

 from v.hich tlie description is taken. 



AdiiU j'einale. Differs from the adult ni:de in being more l)ronzy 

 above and in having the under surface entirely rufous. Wing 

 r);3 mm. " Bill, upper mandible black, lower mandible pale yellow 

 tipped with black ; legs and toes yellowish fiesh-coloiir ; eye 

 black ; claws black" (//. Wliiteli/). 



Tlie description of the female is taken from a specimen in the 

 British Museum collected by Wiiit(dy at Mount Udiaiiiia on the 

 27th of December, 18><1 — Sal\ in-Ciodiiian collection. 



