PLATYCERCUS PILEATUS, nobis. 



PLATE CII. 



P. pileo rubro, genis flavescente-viridibus, dorso, scapulis et tectricibiis viridibus, uro- 

 pigio flavo, pectore abdomineque cinereo- purpuras, crisso rubro flavo variegato ; 

 remigibus nigris, rachibus externis basi coeruleis, apicibus griseis ; cauda rectri- 

 cibus duobus mediis flavescente-viridibus cceruleo tinctis, reliquis coemlescente- 

 purpureis, basi viridescentibus, apicibus albis, fascia basali nigro. 



We received this from the same source with the former, though it ap- 

 pears also to have been sent home by different collectors. We saw seve- 

 ral specimens among the London dealers, and were so fortunate as to pro- 

 cure one for our own collection. 



Figure nearly of the natural size. Length from thirteen to fifteen 

 inches. The crown, in a line with the eyes, is rich arterial blood-red, co- 

 lour brightest on the forehead ; cheeks and auriculars bright greenish sul- 

 phur-yellow, and of a brownish tinge between the eyes and the bill ; the 

 back, scapulars, and greater wing-coverts very rich olive-green, shading- 

 paler into the yellow of the cheeks ; rump sulphur-yellow ; edges of the 

 wings deep ultramarine blue ; quills black, with the basal half of the outer 

 webs blue, the remaining half grey ; the secondaries also black, but have 

 the outer webs entirely blue : breast and belly campanula purple, in some 

 lights appearing tinged with ultramarine blue ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 crimson-red, with the base and sometimes the sides of the feathers green- 

 ish-yellow : tail with the two centre feathers yellowish-green, tinged with 

 blue, changing at the tips to blackish-green, and with numerous indistinct 

 blackish bars, visible only on the upper side : the other feathers white at 



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