PTILORIS ALBERTI. 



Young male, in change, similar in plumage to the female. Front and upper part of head dark green, colours 

 of the adult male having appeared. Inner webs of primaries dark purple, outer rufous brown. Some of the 

 secondaries all dark purple. Chin dark purple, a few green feathers having appeared in the centre. Underparts 

 white, thickly spotted and barred with blackish brown, a few feathers having turned to a rich green on upper 

 part of breast. Tail rufous brown, Bill, feet, and tarsi black. 



Female.— Entire upper parts light olive-brown; outer edges of wings and tail rufous brown; a broad blackish 

 brown line from bill through the eye to the nape of the neck ; superciliary stripe and throat white ; a narrow 

 brownish black line from base of under mandible along side of the throat; upper part of breast white, narrowly 

 barred with brownish black ; lower part also white, but the bars fainter and wider apart ; bill and feet black. 



