PTILONORHYNCHUS NUCHALIS. 



the neck, a beautiful pink or purplish-red fascia, consisting of narrow fea- 

 thers, and surrounded by a ruff of satin-like plumes, the tips distinct, rounded, 

 and turning inwards. The specimens we examined were in moult, but they 

 appeared as if this nuchal ruff would become slightly more elongated than 

 the rest of the plumage, when the birds attain a perfect state. Lower 

 parts of the body and beneath the wings yellowish-grey, tinged with brown. 

 Legs brownish-black. 



The female is somewhat less, and wants the nuchal fascia and ruff of sa- 

 tiny feathers, the plumage is more deeply tinged with brown. 



