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C. auriceps may be readily recognized by the metallic portions of the throat, wings, scapulars, 

 and lower back being of a deep violet-shaded steel-blue, and in the very golden green colour of 

 the crown ; in this latter respect it is similar to the Celebean C. porphyrolcemus, from which, 

 however, it is distinguished by the colour of the throat and by having the median series of wing- 

 coverts and the scapulars metallic like the lower back. 



From the present species I have found it necessary to separate the Morty-Island bird, on 

 account of its much greener crown, which is similar to that of C. aspasice, and from the metallic 

 portions of the throat, wing-coverts, scapulars, and lower back being greenish, rather than violet- 

 shaded steel-blue. 



In the British Museum I have examined adult males from Ternate, Batchian, Kaioa, and 

 Sula Islands, collected by Mr. Wallace ; and they all are undoubtedly referable to this species. 

 An adult male in the Marquis of Tweeddale's collection is labelled "Lombock'? {Wallace)." The 

 only reason I can see for doubting the locality Lombock for this specimen is, that I cannot find 

 the species mentioned from that locality in any of the numerous articles published upon 

 Mr. Wallace's collections. I have not been able to examine fully adult specimens from Gilolo ; 

 but Count Salvador! (I. c.) assures me that they are perfectly similar ; and it is also recorded from 

 thence by Mr. Wallace (/. c). 



Dr. Briiggemann informs me that C. auriceps has been collected in Celebes by Dr. Fischer ; 

 and this does not appear to me to be at all surprising, as it has been found in the Sula Islands 

 and Tifore. Though it would appear to be improbable, these specimens may possibly belong to 

 my new species C. morotensis ; for Count Salvadori remarks (I. c.) that in Count Turati's collection 

 there is a specimen labelled Menado ; but this locality he believes to be incorrect. It differs 

 slightly from Gilolo specimens in having the metallic throat much less extended, the crown a 

 little less golden and more green, the wing-coverts, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts, as 

 also the throat, deep steel-blue with a slight greenish reflection. He also examined a similar 

 adult male specimen in the Turin Museum from an unknown locality, and observes that they 

 probably come from a different place from that of the Gilolo bird, and may perhaps constitute a 

 distinct species. 



These specimens appear to belong to the same species as the Morty-Island bird ; but in the 

 type of that species I do not recognize any character in the shortness of the metallic portion of 

 the throat. 



The upper figure in the illustration represents an adult male of this species collected by 

 Mr. Wallace in Batchian, from which specimen my description is also taken, while my lower 

 figure represents the type of the closely allied C. morotensis. 



The description of the adult female is taken from a Batchian specimen, and that of the 

 young male from a bird from Ternate : both of these were collected by Mr. Wallace, and are in 

 the British Museum. 



