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having the mantle and chest black instead of red. These two species may be readily distin- 

 guished from the other members of the " Hermotimia " group by the steel-blue moustachial line 

 on each side of their metallic lilac throats. 



This is by no means a common bird in collections ; and, owing to the great resemblance 

 between the members which constitute this group, there was much confusion until Count 

 Salvadori, in his valuable paper upon the genus Hermotimia of Reichenbach (/. &), ably pointed 

 out their distinctive characters. 



My descriptions of the adult male and of the male in moult are taken from Macassar 

 specimens, the former from the type in the British Museum, collected by Mr. Wallace, the 

 latter from one of Dr. Meyer's specimens. 



The adult female I procured from a dealer out of a collection from Celebes. The measure- 

 ments of the type, as well as of one of Dr. Meyer's specimens of an adult male from Macassar, 

 arc a trifle smaller than the one I have figured, which was collected by Dr. Meyer in the 

 Togian Islands in the Gulf of Tomine and is now in the Marquis of Tweeddale's cabinet. In 

 this specimen the wings measure 2 - o inches; but in the coloration of the plumage there is no 

 difference. 



The species has also been recorded by Count Salvadori from Kandari, on the south-west 

 coast of Celebes, where Signor Beccaii procured three males. 



