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golden green ; quills dusky brown, the outer webs of the 

 outermost primaries margined at the base with golden green, 

 and having numerous white markings along tlie margin, 

 those of the remainder uniform golden green ; the inuer 

 webs spotted or deeply notched with white, those of the outer 

 primaries having their apical half uniform; a few of the 

 inner secondaries entirely golden green ; shafts blackish 

 brown; rump-feathers green, broadly edged with chrome- 

 yellow ; upper tail-coverts olive-yellow, brighter on the 

 margin; tail light dusky brown, edged at the base with 

 green, and having indistinct darker dusky bars ; dwarf 

 feather dingy green, the tip yellowish ; shafts black, brown 

 at the base ; nasal plumes and base of the forehead black, 

 the feathers of the latter tipped with ashy grey ; lores black ; 

 upper part of forehead, crown, and occiput bright crimson, 

 bases of the feathers leaden grey varied with blackish ; nape 

 black ; outer edge of the forehead and crown ashy grey, the 

 feathers tipped with dusky ; sides of the face and neck light 

 grey; along and broad red malar stripe on a black ground : 

 chin and throat huffy white, shading into yellowish grey on 

 the chest and breast; entire underparts, including sides, 

 flanks, and thighs, yellowish Avhite, the abdomen having 

 small V-shaped black markings, the other parts having larger 

 and broader markings (somewhat heart-shaped) on the sides 

 and flanks ; under tail-coverts yellowish white, with V-shapcd 

 black markings or olive bars; under wing-coverts white with 

 a yellow tinge, and having blackish spots and irregular mark- 

 ings; axillaries white, faintly tinged with yellow, and 

 sparingly spotted with blackish : " iris Venetian-red ; bill 

 dark greenish, base lemon-yellow ; tarsi and toes dull olive- 

 green " [Jouy). Total length 11-3 inches, culmen 1'6, wing 

 5'6, tail 3*95, tarsus 115 ; toes (without claws) — outer an- 

 terior 0*75, outer posterior 0-68, inner anterior 0"6, inner 

 posterior 0'35. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the fore- 

 head and crown smoky grey (slightly tinged with greenish 

 upon the hind part of the crown), the feathers tipped and 

 streaked with dusky, the occiput and nape being red (more 



