108 BLUE-CAPPED TURTELINE. 



the plumage is of a fine grass or parrot green ; the 

 secondary quills are edged with yellow. The tail 

 has the interior webs of the feathers grey, the lateral 

 feathers, when spread, exhibiting a deep bluish -green 

 spot or bar even to their tips. The bill is blackish, 

 grey. The tarsi are plumed nearly to the division 

 of the toes, which are crimson-red. 



The next plate, a nearly allied species ; it is the 



