slight coppery lustre ; lores, feathers above the eye, and sides of face, as well as the chin and sides of the 
throat, glossy purple; from the chin a shield of metallic steel-blue plumes spreads out onto the chest, and 
is followed by a double band, the first velvety black with a burnished coppery lustre, the second golden green 
with an olivaceous lustre ; rest of under surface olivaceous, shaded with reddish purple, especially on the 
abdomen and flank-feathers, the latter being elongated into silky plumes, which reach beyond the tail ; 
under tail-coverts and vent velvety blue-black : bill and legs black ; iris brown. Total length 12'2 inches, 
culmen 2*2, wing 665, tail 4 25, tarsus T65. 
Adult female. General colour ashy brown on the head and neck, shading into olivaceous brown on the 
back and rump, slightly tinged with reddish on the upper tail-coverts ; lores, feathers round the eye, and 
ear-coverts dusky brown, with slightly indicated shaft-streaks of ochraceous, these being also faintly perceptible 
on the feathers of the crown ; over the eye a broad line of white, forming a distinct eyebrow ; cheeks white, 
as also the throat, which is separated from the cheeks by a broad malar streak of blackish ; rest of under 
surface of body dull white, mottled with cross bars of blackish, much wider apart on the abdomen and 
flanks, the feathers of the latter being somewhat elongated ; under w ing-coverts like the breast, the cross- 
bars less distinct ; upper wing-coverts like the back, the greater series orange-chestnut, this being also the 
colour of the quills, which are brown on the inner webs. Total length 1.1*2 inches, culmen T95, wing 6*0, 
tail 4*3, tarsus T6. 
The figures in the Plate represent a pair of birds of the natural size, and are drawn from specimens in the 
British Museum. 
