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aspect of wing oclireous-brown ; bastard-winfr, inner ^Yebs of 

 the greater coverts and primary-coverts blackish : inner \vebs o£ 

 flight-quills blackish brown, broadly margined %on the basal portion 

 with butfy-white ; tail dark bronze-brown ; lores, superciliary 

 streak, collar on hind-neck, and sides of breast dark orange- 

 yellow ; breast scarlet ; throat, abdomen, sides of body^and thighs 

 olive-grey ; vent pale sulphur-yellow ; under tail-coverts and quill- 

 lining pale dusky brown like the under surface of the tail. 

 "Bill dark red; eye reddish hazel; legs, toes, and claws red" 

 {H. Wldtely). 



Total length 177 mm., exposed culmen 1], wing 95, tail 64, 

 tarsus 22. 



The male described wns collected by H. Whitely on Mount 

 Twek-quey, Kamarang River, 3000 feet, January 18, 1886, and 

 is now in the British Museum — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Adult female. General colour above green ; outer aspect of 

 wino- and tail inclining^ to golden green, inner webs of bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, flight-quills, and tail-feathers dark brown ; 

 sides of the neck yellowish green, with whitish margins to the 

 feathers ; throat white, with blackish shaft-lines to the feathers ; 

 remainder of the under surface pale lemon-yellow, with broad 

 black shaft-streaks to the feathers ; greater under wing-coverts, 

 quill-lining, and lower aspect of tail greyish brown. 



Total length 180 mm., exposed culmen (from base of skull) 16, 

 wing 93, tail 61, tarsus 2-4. 



The f'enuile described was collected at Mount Roraima in October 

 1898 by Mr. McCo.niell. 



Immature male. Similar to the adult female on the upper sur- 

 face, but ditfers in having the top of the head dusky, with buft' 

 shaft-lines, which terminate in pear-sha})ed marks to the feathers 

 on the crown and hind-neck: the tips of the upper wing-coverts 

 golden; the feathers of the lower back and upper tail-coverts have 

 v.hitish tips; under surface for the most part grey, varied by dark 

 margins to some of the feathers and yellowish white on the throat, 

 breast, abdomen, flanks, and under wing-coverts; under tail-coverts 

 yellowish ; a tew red feathers api)roaching on the middle of tho 

 breast. 



The young male described above was also collected by 

 Mr. Mc('oniiell during his expedition to Mount Rorainui in 1898. 



lireedlny-season. Lukuown. 



