DESCRIPTION. 41 



The neck of this bird is of a beautiful and 

 delicate canary yellow colour, blending gra- 

 dually into the fine chocolate colour of the other 

 parts of the body ; the wings are very short, 

 and of a chocolate colour. Underneath them, 

 long, delicate, and gold-coloured feathers pro- 

 ceed from the sides in two beautiful and grace- 

 ful tufts, extending far beyond the tail, which is 

 also short, of a chocolate colour, with two very 

 long shafts of the same hue proceeding from the 

 urupigium. At the base of the mandibles the de- 

 licate plumage has during one time (according as 

 the rays of light are thrown upon it) the appear- 

 ance of fine black velvet, and at another a very 

 dark green, which contrasts admirably with the 

 bright emerald of the throat. There is nothing 

 abrupt or gaudy in the plumage of this bird ; the 

 colours harmonize in the most elegant manner, 

 and the chasteness does not fail of exciting our 

 admiration. The mandibles are of a light blue ; 

 irides bright yellow ; and the feet of a lilac tint. 



This elegant creature has a light, playful, and 

 graceful manner, with an arch and impudent 

 look ; dances about when a visitor approaches 

 the cage, and seems delighted at being made an 

 object of admiration : its notes are very peculiar, 

 resembling the cawing of the raven, but its tones. 



