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My specimens agree in measurements with those of Dr. Sclater, except that the total 

 length is about 2^ inches more and the wing rather shorter. 



Diagnosis of the male (translated from that of Dr. Sclater). — Above black, the feathers 

 bordered with dusky ; crown black, minutely dotted with dusky ; beneath pale dusky, 

 rather redder on throat and breast, more ochraceous on belly, feathers dotted and 

 blotched with black ; wings exteriorly brownish grey ; speculum broad, purple, enhanced 

 by a white edge above and below, followed by black ; axillaries white ; beak black 

 above, flesh-coloured below; feet orange. Total length 15"0 inches, of wing 9*3, of 

 tail 3-0, of beak from gape 2'0, its breadth under the nostril 07, length of tarsus 15. 



Mr. Bidgway describes the female at length in the * Proceedings of the United 

 States National Museum ' for 1878 ; but as he considers it " to differ but little in 

 coloration " from the male, it is not necessary to reproduce his account here. It may 

 be added that the " A. freycineti, Bp.," of Gray's ' Hand-list,' which Mr. Eidgway 

 thought might possibly be A. wyvilliana, is, according to the original describer, an 

 European species. 



