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THE BIEDS OF ATJSTEALIA 



green patch on the lower throat and fore-neek; breast velvety-purple; 

 abdomen olive-green; under wing and tail-coverts black; long silky 

 plumes are attached to the flanks, but do not reach beyond the under 

 tail-coverts; bill and legs black. Length 11.5, culmen 2, wing 6.2, tail 4.4, 

 tarsus 1.45 inches. 



2n situ. 



Nest of Victoria Rifle-bird: Ptilorhis victoriae. 



D. Le Souef, 



The adult female ashy-brown above; a white eyebrow; the under 

 surface buff, mottled with black; the lower abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts barred with blackish. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell thus describes the nest, the first example 

 of which was only obtained 71 years after the bird itself was 



