182 LAMPROTORNIS VIGORSI. 
brilliant golden bronze, those of the primaries and 
the tips and inner webs of the tertials having a 
mixture of purple and violet-blue; the tips of the 
primaries are purple, glossed with violet-blue and 
green, and the exterior and inner webs of several 
of the larger quills in each wing are abruptly emar- 
ginated, the latter near their termination, a prominent 
point, formed by the projection of the more elon- 
gated fibres of the webs, rendering the sudden 
transition in their breadth remarkably conspicuous ; 
inner webs of the primaries and secondaries obscure 
purple, reflecting a famt golden lustre in a powerful 
light. Tail rounded at its extremity, black, with 
a slight mixture of golden bronze above, particularly 
on the middle feathers ; tip and outer edges of the 
lateral feathers purple, resplendent with violet- 
blue and green; upper and under tail-coverts pur- 
ple, varied with violet, steel-blue, and green; cheeks 
purple, tinged with green; throat and anterior part 
of the neck and breast similar in colour to the 
scapulars, but less brilliant ; abdomen green-bronze, 
tinged with gold; thighs and flanks purple, blended 
with violet, gold, and steel-blue; underside of the 
wings and tail black. Colour of the eyes not known. 
The tints of the plumage vary considerably in inten- 
sity in different specimens. 
Length, from the apex of the bill to the extremity 
of the tail, 113 mches; wings, from the carpal joint 
to the tip of the fourth quill-feather, 675; tail 443; 
