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flights from branch to branch. Itis very partial to some fruits in the forest, collecting in considerable 
flocks in the loftiest trees; and while some greedily pluck the berries from the top branches, others 
remain іп Ше underwood beneath and reap a harvest on those that fall. In spite of its fruit-eating 
propensities, however, it is highly insectivorous in diet; and I have seen 1t scratching in manure at 
the edge of the forest-paths.” 
Adult male. General colour above bluish slate-colour, the feathers with blackish centres and 
slate-coloured margins; wing-coverts and quills black, with distinct edges of bluish slate-colour; 
tail-feathers black, washed with slate-colour externally; head like the back ; sides of face and 
under surface of body also slate-coloured, the feathers being distinctly edged with this shade; under 
wing-coverts and axillaries also light slaty-grey: “bill orange-yellow ; feet paler yellow; claws 
yellowish horny; iris pale brown; eyelid orange-yellow " ( W. V. Legge). Total length 9:2 inches, 
culmen 0:95, wing 4:5, tail 3:6, tarsus 1:25. 
Adult female. Rather browner than the male, being of a brownish slate-colour below. Total 
length 8:5 inches, culmen 0:95, wing 4:2, tail 9:1, tarsus 1:25. 
Young birds differ in the usual way, being mottled with reddish-brown and having shaft-streaks 
of buff, as well as blackish edges to the feathers. 
The male bird described is in the Seebohm Collection. It was obtained by Colonel Legge in 
September 1875, and is apparently the specimen figured by Mr. Seebohm іп the Plate. Тһе female 
described is one of the typical specimens sent by Dr. Kelaart to the British Museum. 
ГЕ. B. 8.) 
