CBPHALOPTBRUS, 



311 



Adult male. General colour on both the upper and under surface 

 black, with glossy steel-blue margins to the feathers on the upper 

 back and throat-wattle ; crest steel-blue, with white shafts to the 

 feathers on the fore part of the head ; flight-quills blackish brown; 

 tail similar but darker. 



Total length 480 mm., exposed culmen 45, wing 288, tail 160, 

 tarsus 57. 



rig. 123. — Cephalopterus ornatus. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male but smaller in size, 

 the crest and throat-wattle much less developed, and the under 

 wing-coverts mottled with white and smoke-brown. 



Total length 405 mm., exposed culmen 45, wing 240, tail 153, 

 tarsus 45. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the above descriptions were taken from examples in the British 

 Museum. 



