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Show IB7L-] MR. D. G. ELLIOT O N T H E GENUS PTILORIS. 583 PTILORIS MAGNIFICUS. Falcinellus magnificus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. torn. xxviii. p. 167, pl. G 30. no. 3. Epimachus magnificus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1829, p. 440. Le Promefil, Levaill. Ois. de Parad. p. 36, pl. 16. L'Epimaque promefil, Cuv. Regne Anim. (1817) p. 408. Epimachus paradiseus, Gray, Gen. of Birds, vol. i. pl. xxxii. Epimachus splendidus, Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 77. Craspedophora magnifica, Gray, List of Gen. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 15. Ptilorhis magnificus, Gray, Hand-1. Birds, part i. p. 165. sp. 1273. Hab. New Guinea. Male. Top of head and occiput, centre of throat, and entire upper part of breast shining bluish green, purple in certain lights; entire upper parts deep velvety black, with rich dark purple reflections; primaries black, with green reflections ; a narrow line of green, red in some lights, beneath the metallic of the breast; breast, flanks, and abdomen purple ; base of side-plumes also purple, basal half and filamentary ends black; two central tail-feathers shining green, remainder velvety black, with green reflections on their outer webs ; bill, legs, and feet stout, black. Female. Entire upper parts, wings, and tail rich brownish red ; superciliary stripe white, the feathers tipped with blackish brown ; cheeks and a line from the base of the lower mandible running back upon the side of the throat blackish brown ; entire underparts white, narrowly barred with black ; bill and feet black. PTILORIS ALBERTI. Ptiloris magnifica, Gould, Birds of Austr. Suppl. pl. Craspedophora magnifica, Gould, Handb. Birds. Austr. vol. i. p. 395. sp. 365. Ptilornis alberti, Gray, M S. Hab. Cape York, Australia (Macgillivray). Male. Smaller than the previous species ; top of head, occiput, centre of throat, and upper part of breast metallic bluish green ; sides of head, neck, and upper parts velvety black, with a rich purple gloss ; primaries greenish black ; a bright olive-green line beneath the metallic shield of the breast; rest of underparts dark olive-green, changing upon the base of the flank-plumes to a light purple; under tail-coverts black; two central tail-feathers shining metallic green, remainder black, with green reflections on the outer webs ; bill and feet slender, black. Female. Entire upper parts light olive-brown ; outer edges of wings and tail rufous brown ; a broad blackish-brown line from bill through the eye to the nape of the neck; superciliary stripe and throat white ; a narrow brownish-black line from base of under mandible along side of the throat; upper part of breast white, narrowly |
