122 LITTLE PALE-WINGED PROMEROPS. 
with the figure given of Rhinopomastes in the Zoolo- 
gical Journal. 
The hill of our present species, like that of all 
the typical Promerops, is considerably compressed, 
so that the culrnen becomes almost carinated. The 
fourth and fifth wings are the longest, and the sides 
only of the tail are rounded ; the six middle feathers 
being almost of equal length. The ground colour of 
the whole plumage is deep black, richly glossed with 
purple-blue on the head, neck, breast, and hack ; 
less so on the wings and tail, and not at all on the 
body. The primaries, near their base, have a 
transverse white spot, which does not cross the 
outer weh of the two first quills ; besides these, the 
five first quills are crossed, at about an inch from 
their tips, with a shade of greyish-white, which 
crosses both webs, but which leaves the extreme 
tips brown : bill and legs horn colour. 
Total length, 9 inches ; hill, from the front, 1 \ ; 
ditto, from the gape, 1 T S 5 ; wings, 3 ^ ; tail, from 
the base, 5. 
The young bird is brown from the chin to the 
belly, where the colour gradually becomes black. 
