. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Head of Chibia amboincnsis. especially on the hinder neck, wing 5-5, tail 5-5, tarsus 1. Eah. Ceram and Amboyna. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-3, a. 5 ad. sk. b. Ad. sk. c. Ad. sk. d. Ad. sk. e. Juv. sk. Amboyna. Ceram. E. Ceram. N. Ceram. N. Ceram. A. , Esq. [C.]. of species.) '^ A. R. Wallace, Esq. [ A. , Esq. [ A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cl. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cl. (Type 5. Chibia pectoralis. Dicrurus pectoralis, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335, 342; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 170; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 2» Head of Chi
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Head of Chibia amboincnsis. especially on the hinder neck, wing 5-5, tail 5-5, tarsus 1. Eah. Ceram and Amboyna. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-3, a. 5 ad. sk. b. Ad. sk. c. Ad. sk. d. Ad. sk. e. Juv. sk. Amboyna. Ceram. E. Ceram. N. Ceram. N. Ceram. A. , Esq. [C.]. of species.) '^ A. R. Wallace, Esq. [ A. , Esq. [ A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cl. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [Cl. (Type 5. Chibia pectoralis. Dicrurus pectoralis, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335, 342; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 170; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 2» Head of Chibia pectoralis. Adult male (type of species). General colour velvety black, with scarcely any gloss on the back; crown of head and long hackles on the side of the neck metallic steel-black, with a purplish shade; wings metallic steel-gieen, the primaries black externally, washed with a deeper shade of the same ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, glossed with metallic steel-green on the outer webs of the feathers; lores, frontal plumes, and sides of face deep velvety black; on the forehead a few long silky hairs ; rest of under surface of body deep velvety black without any perceptible gloss, the lower throat and breast very distinctly spangled with large tips of deep metallic green to all the feathers ; bill and feet black ; iris dark red. Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 6-05, tail 5-75, tarsus 1' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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