250 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



tinued along median line to occiput, the feathers (at least on forehead) 

 sometimes with subbasal portion red; extreme lateral portion of 

 forehead, sides of crown (sometimes posterior part of crown), light 

 bluish green (light paris green), passing into light yellowish parrot 

 green, on occiput and hindneck, the feathers of the latter, especially 

 on lower portion, very mdistinctly margined terminally with blackish; 

 general color of upper parts yellowish parrot green, the larger wing- 

 coverts and proximal secondaries more or less distinctly edged with 

 hghter yellowish green or greenish yellow, the upper tail-coverts lighter, 

 brighter and more yellowish green; four outer secondaries with outer 

 webs deep poppy red for greater part, the concealed basal portion 

 green, the distal portion dark violet-blue, with more or less of green 

 and yellow between the red and blue areas, especially on outer 

 edge ; proximal half (more or less) of primaries clear parrot green, the 

 distal half dark violet-blue or bluish black, the inner webs dull black 

 or slate-black; basal two- thirds (approximately) of tail deep parrot 

 green, distal third light yellowish green, the four outside, rectrices (on 

 each side) with subbasal thhd (more or less) poppy red, this involv- 

 ing both webs, except on the outermost, which has the proximal half 

 or more of outer web mostly or wholly green (sometimes tmged with 

 dull blue along edge) ; sides of head and neck light green or yellowish 

 green, the bare orbital space sometimes partly bordered with yellow; 

 under parts clear light yellowish green, the lower portion and inner 

 side of thighs partly or (in high plumage) mostly yellow, sometimes 

 intermixed with red; smaller under wing-ooverts light greenish yellow, 

 those along carpo-metacarpal edge paler and more yellowish green, 

 sometimes slightly tinged or intermixed with red; humeral border 

 of whig (broadly), including bend, bright poppy red; larger under 

 wing-coverts dull light green passing mto pale yellowish green ter- 

 minally and along edges; under surface of remiges dull light green 

 (nearly malachite) , the distal portion of primaries and a broad stripe 

 along inner side of shaft dull blackish slate; bill mostly dull light 

 buffy or ivory whitish, but with a greater or less amount of horn 

 color on distal portion of maxilla; iris yellow or orange; legs and feet 

 light brownish or horn color (dirty flesh color in life) . 



(Younger individuals have the red humeral border of wing more or 

 less broken by admixture of green feathers, thighs almost wholly 

 green, and red of tail more restricted, confined to inner webs, and 

 there reduced in extent.) 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 300-320 (309); wing, 199-213 

 (204.2); tail, 101-112 (105.4); culmen, 30-33 (31.2); tarsus, 23-25 

 (24.1); outer anterior toe, 29.5-31 (30.9) .« 



o Four specimens. 



