. Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies . nd Mao-. Nat. Hist.(1878), p. 98. _ Bab.—Cochin-China, Saigon, (Germain); Bankok. (Bocourt). Four specimens of this handsome bird, (upon which I haveconferred the name of edwardsi, in compliment to my friendProf. A. Milne-Edwards, so well known for his important con-tributions to Natural History), are contained in the collection ofthe Paris Museum, three adults and one young bird. Two ofthe adults are precisely like the figure in the accompanyingplate (the type) ; the third is a little paler upon the sides of thehead, bu
. Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies . nd Mao-. Nat. Hist.(1878), p. 98. _ Bab.—Cochin-China, Saigon, (Germain); Bankok. (Bocourt). Four specimens of this handsome bird, (upon which I haveconferred the name of edwardsi, in compliment to my friendProf. A. Milne-Edwards, so well known for his important con-tributions to Natural History), are contained in the collection ofthe Paris Museum, three adults and one young bird. Two ofthe adults are precisely like the figure in the accompanyingplate (the type) ; the third is a little paler upon the sides of thehead, but all possess the uniform greenish-black back andwings. The P. edwardsi differs from P. poliocephalus inbeing darker on the back of the head, in having the blue ofthe breast of a darker shade, and specially in having the upperparts, including the wings, greenish-black, instead of the purpleback and rump, and greenish-blue wings of colouring of the upper parts is so conspicuously differentin the two species that either can be recognised at a 24 ..THE GENUS PORPHYRIO AND ITS SPECIES. As it is not at all improbable that this species may be found toinhabit some portions of the Tenasserim provinces, I am happyto bring it prominently before Indian Ornithologists, throughthe medium of the accompanying beautiful plate. Adult.—Ear-coverts, lores and space round the eyes, greyishwhite; back of head, brown, darkest in the centre, where it isalmost a brownish-black, with a purple tinge, shading off to agreyish-white towards the head-shield, and the sides of thehead; cheeks, bluish-white ; chin and throat, brownish, with abluish shade ; back and sides of neck, lower part of breast andflanks, dark violet blue; front of neck and upper part ofbreast, shoulders and under wing-coverts, deep turquoise blue;back, rump, wings, secondaries, primaries and tail, uniformgreenish-black; middle of abdomen and crissum, brownishblack ; under tail-coverts, pure white ; bill,
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