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Sp. 8. La? erythrophrys. 



La? cinereo-cceriileus orbitis auribusque nigris ; crisso Jlavo; 

 alis viridibus; remigibiis apice Juscis; caudd olivaced; rectri' 

 cibus duabus intermediis versus apices albido-Jlavis ; pennis 

 frontis, rigidis, cartilagi?ieisj nitidis, subserratis cintiabarinis. 



Ashy-blue Lamprotornis ? with the orbits and ears black; the 

 vent yellow j the wings green ; the tips of the quills brown ; 

 the tail olivaceous, with the two middle-feathers whitish-yellow 

 towards the tip ; the feathers of the forehead stiff, cartilagi- 

 nous, shining, subserrated, and of a vermilion colour. 



Lamprotornis erythrophrys. Temm. PI. Col. 267. 



Inhabits Java. Length nine inches : the orbits 

 and the ears are clothed with black feathers : a line 

 passing through the middle of the crown, all the 

 neck, the back, the breast, the belly, and the thighs, 

 are of a beautiful ashy-bluish or lead-colour : the wings 

 are of an olive-green, with the tips of the quills 

 brown : the vent and under tail-coverts are yellow : 

 the tail is olivaceous, with brown shafts ; the twa 

 middle feathers are whitish-yellow towards their tips : 

 the beak is black : the irides clear yellow : the legs 

 bright yellow, but in the dead bird pale yellow : the 

 head is distinguished by having the sides of the fore- 

 head clothed with shining, cartilaginous, hard, web- 

 less feathers, much serrated, and extending over the 

 eyes to the occiput ; these feathers, when examined 

 by a lens, resemble those on the wings of the Wax- 

 wingSy and are of a very brilliant vermilion colour. 



B. Caudd longissima. 

 B. Tail very long. 



Sp. 9. La. aeneus. 



Corvus aureo-viridis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 37 C). pi. 46. — Vert d'ore. 



