. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Gl. PIEZOKHYNCHUS. 413 Gl. PIEZORHYNCHUS. Type. Piezorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 171 P. alecto. Sympos', Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 650 (1854) P. triv-irgat. Head of Pcezorht/nchus alecto. Eanr/e. Australia; Papuan islands; Moluccas; Timor group; Louisiade archipelago. Kei/ to the Sjjecies, a. Upper surface uniform, the mautle not differing from the crown in colour. a'. Under tail-coverts bottle-green, lihe the rest i „ig^f„ „ 43^5 of the under siu-face of body j nitidus,^. ^IG. b'. Under tail-coverts chestnut or rufous. a". Under
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Gl. PIEZOKHYNCHUS. 413 Gl. PIEZORHYNCHUS. Type. Piezorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 171 P. alecto. Sympos', Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 650 (1854) P. triv-irgat. Head of Pcezorht/nchus alecto. Eanr/e. Australia; Papuan islands; Moluccas; Timor group; Louisiade archipelago. Kei/ to the Sjjecies, a. Upper surface uniform, the mautle not differing from the crown in colour. a'. Under tail-coverts bottle-green, lihe the rest i „ig^f„ „ 43^5 of the under siu-face of body j nitidus,^. ^IG. b'. Under tail-coverts chestnut or rufous. a". Under tail-coverts like the entire under surface of body; throat black in male; upper surface chestnut-browTi; tail en- tirely chestnut ritbiensis, p. 417. b". Under tail-coverts nofous; breast white or bufly white, like the throat. a'". Mantle Ught chestnut, like the back . alecto 2 > P- 4:15. b'". Mantle dark ashy, shaded with the purple colour of the head, and separa- ting the latter from the back, which is dark chestnut nitidus 5 , p. 416, c'. Under tail-coverts white, like the abdomen, sometimes with a slight tinge of orange. c". Side* of throat and fore neck and chest orange, as also the sides of the body. c'". Wings grey, the coverts and edges of the qrulls gi'ey, like the back, fl'. Forehead black, not separated from the grey crown by a line of orange- rufous. a'. Upper tail-coverts black. a*. White ending to outer tail-fea- thers not exceeding an inch in length. a'. Much larger; wing .3-1 inches: frontal line of black only 0'15 inch in extent; black spot on the throat confined to the chin, not more than 0-2 inch, so as scarcely to extend be- yond the ramus of the jaw. bernsftini, p. 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). De
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