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especially when they employ it, as is their custom, 

 either in welcoming the approach of the morning, or 

 acknowledging the attentions of a favourite." In size 

 it is inferior to the species already described, mea- 

 suring not more than 7^ inches in length. The bih 

 is pale, slightly tinged with pink ; the upper man- 

 dible with the tip attenuated and long ; the tomia 

 slightly sinuated. The crown of the head and paro- 

 tic region is of a delicate greenish-blue ; the sides 

 Df the neck and throat, and indistinct nuchal collar, 

 ire greyish-white ; the rest of the body, with the ex- 

 ception of the under wing-coverts, which are of a 

 ich orpiment-orange colour, is green, palest upon 

 the flanks, thighs, and the margins of the tail-feathers. 

 The feet are of a pale flesh-colour 



