Class II. G R O U S. 265 



The upper part of the breaft is of a rich glofly 

 green j the reft of the breaft and the belly black, 

 mixed with fome white feathers: the fides are mark- 

 ed like the neck: the coverts of the wings crofted 

 v/ith undulated lines of black and reddifti brown : 

 the exterior webs of the greater qui! feathers are 

 black : at the fetting on of the wings in both fexes 

 is a white fpot -, the inner coverts are of the fame 

 color: the tail conftfts of eighteen feathers, the 

 middle of which is the longeft ; are black, marked 

 on each ftde with a few white fpots : the vent fea- 

 thers black mixed with white. The legs very 

 ftrong, covered with brown feathers : the edges of 

 the toes pedtinated. 



The female differs greatly from the male: the bill 

 is duU^y : the throat red : the head, neck and back 

 are marked with tranfverfe bars of red and black ; 

 the breaft has fome white fpots on it, and the lower 

 part is of a plain orange color : the belly barred 

 with pale orange and black -, the tips of the fea- 

 thers white. The feathers of the back and fcapu- 

 lars black, the edges mottled with black and pale 

 reddifti brown •, the fcapulars tipt v^dth white. The 

 inner webs of the quil feathers du/ky : the exterior 

 mottled with dufky and pale brown. The tail is of 

 a deep ruft color barred with black, tipt with white, 

 and conftfts of ftxteen feathers. 



Gefner, as Mr. milughhy * has long fince ob- 



* Wil. orn. 173. Gefner av. 490. 495. 



Vol. L T ferved. 



