104 LITTLE RUFOUS-CHEEKED KINGHUNTER. 
very short, rounded, and the under-covers reach 
■within a quarter of an inch of its tip. 
The crown of the head is occupied by an isolated 
broad patch of deep black, each feather having a 
transverse blue band across its tip, which gives this 
part the appearance of being lineated with ultra- 
marine. From each nostril commences a large patch 
of rufous which envelopes the base of the lower 
mandible, the ears, and the sides of the head, where 
it forms a broad stripe over the eye ; this rufous 
encircles the neck above, and is glossed upon the 
ears, the nape, and the maxillary stripe, with a most 
lovely lilac or violet colour ; neither does it blend 
into the white of the throat, but terminates abruptly 
on its sides ; the back, scapulars, and tail-covers are 
uniform ultramarine blue ; the wings and tail black, 
slightly glossed with the same ; the wing-covers are 
tipt with blue ; chin and throat white ; breast and 
all the remaining under plumage, rufous orange ; 
bill and legs scarlet. 
Total length, 4i inches ; bill, from the front, 1 ^ ; 
from the gape, I j 4 5 ; wings, 2 ; tail beyond, iV 
