This species is distinguished from the Calyptorhynohua Maerorhynchus hy the crest being shorter and 
more rounded, and the bill smaller, while it is less fierce-looking. The plumage of the sexes differs only in the 
tail feathers, The male is of a uniform brownish hlack ; the lateral tail leathers, except the external weh of 
the outer one, are barred bj b hand «>r scarlet ; the two central feathers on the upper side of the tail are 
entireli black; while the bill and tarsi are bluish hlack. The female is similar in appearance, except in the 
colouring of the tail, in which the lateral feathers arc a dull scarlet crossed by irregular freckled hands of 
black, narrow at the base, and gradualh increasing in size towards the tips. The external weh of the outer 
feathers and tin- tip of the entire tail are black. This is a large bird, measuring nearly twenty-two inches 
in length. 
