. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 16. AMPELICEPS. 115 (1875); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. Nmv South Wales, iv. p. 93 (1879). GracLila rosenbergii, Finsch in Brehnis ' Gefangene Voijel^ ii. p. 562 (1876). Melauopyrrhus orientalis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. viii. p. 401 (1876), X. pp. 12, 20, note (1877) ; VAlbert. Sf Salvad. op. cit. xiv. p. 90 (1879); Sahad. op. cit. xvi. p. 195 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pa- puasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 463 (1881) ; Guilleniard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 644; Sharpe in Goukfs Birds of New Guinea, iv. pi. 17 (1886). Mina robertsonii, D'Albert. Ann.
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 16. AMPELICEPS. 115 (1875); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. Nmv South Wales, iv. p. 93 (1879). GracLila rosenbergii, Finsch in Brehnis ' Gefangene Voijel^ ii. p. 562 (1876). Melauopyrrhus orientalis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. viii. p. 401 (1876), X. pp. 12, 20, note (1877) ; VAlbert. Sf Salvad. op. cit. xiv. p. 90 (1879); Sahad. op. cit. xvi. p. 195 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pa- puasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 463 (1881) ; Guilleniard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 644; Sharpe in Goukfs Birds of New Guinea, iv. pi. 17 (1886). Mina robertsonii, D'Albert. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. pp. 12, 20 (1877); id. Ibis, 1877, p. 368. Graciila affinis, Posenb. Malay. Arch. pp. 554, 590 (1879). Eulabes orientalis Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. p. 279 (1879). Melanopyn-lius robertsonii, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv, pp. , 687 (1879). Adult. Similar to M. anais, but with more of an oily-greeu gloss, especially on the throat; the orange colour everywhere deeper and more brilliant; the entire head brilliant orange, with a patch of greenish black on the nai)e; ear-coverts greenish black with a few yellow feathers intermixed : " bill and feet pale yellow ; iris yellow " {UAlhertis). Total length lU inches, culmen 0'9, wing 5-8, tail 2'95, tarsus 1' Tounfj. Similar to the adults but the orange paler, and mottled with blackish bases to the feathers of the fore neck ; many of the greenish-black feathers of the breast tipped with yellowish margins. Hah. New Guinea. a. Ad. sk. New Guinea {Dr. A. P. Gould Coll. Meyer). b. Imm. sk. Port Moresby, New Guinea. K. Broadbent [ 16. AMPELICEPS. Type. Ampeliceps, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 194 (1842).... A. corouatus. Head of Ampeliceps coronatus. Ranrje. Cochin China to Cachar, and south to Burmah and Teuasserim. i2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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