the Laloke River, about twelve miles inland, according to Dr. E. P. Ramsay, who says that its cry 
has not the trumpet-like sound of Phonygama keraudreni and P. gouldi. 
The difference in metallic tint, especially on the under surface of the body, is noteworthy in a 
series of specimens from different portions of the bird’s range, some examples being much greener 
below than others, while the specimens from the Aru Islands are larger than those from New 
Guinea. Count Salvadori also remarks on the lighter coloration and larger size of the individuals 
obtained in Salawati and Batanta. Signor D’Albertis first described the trachea of this species as 
having only one coil, shaped like the letter S, resting in the depression of the furcula. The late 
Mr. W. A. Forbes confirmed D’Albertis’s observations and described and figured the trachea in the 
* Proceedings ’ of the Zoological Society for 1882. It is convoluted, but only to a small extent, 
merely forming a short loop lying on the inter-clavicular air-cell, between the rami of the furcula, 
much as in many specimens of the genus Crcix. Mr. Forbes believed that in the female the trachea 
would be quite simple. 
The following description is adapted from that given in my third volume of the ‘ Catalogue of 
Birds’:— 
Adult male. Head all round covered with compressed velvety plumes, steel-green without any 
purple reflections ; the neck all round greenish like the head, the plumes slightly recurved and 
glistening with metallic ends ; general colour of upper surface steel-black, shaded, according to the 
light, with metallic reflections of greenish or purple ; wings and tail purple, with steel-black shades 
under certain lights, the quills externally glossed with greenish ; under surface of body glossy steel- 
black with purplish or greenish reflections ; under wing- and tail-coverts uniform with the breast ; 
“bill and feet black; iris brilliant red” ( F '. H. H. Gulllemard ). Total length 16 inches, culmen l - 6, 
wing 7' 2, tail 6'9, tarsus 1*5. 
Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller; “iris dull orange ” (F. H. H. Gulllemard'). Total 
length 16 inches, culmen 045, wing 7, tail 6’8, tarsus 1 ‘7. 
The figure in the Plate represents an adult male, drawn from a Dorei specimen in the British 
Museum. 
