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rump of a bright fire-colour, verging to orange 

 towards the tail : the throat and fore-part of the 

 neck glossy violet blue : breast, belly, sides, and 

 vent, sea-green : thighs dull green : the lesser 

 wing-coverts green gold ; the middle ones blue ; 

 and the greater violet blue : the quills black, with 

 blue margins : the second quills, tail, and legs, 

 black : the female and young males differ from 

 the above description, as they have not the fire- 

 colour on the lower part of the back : the male 

 gains this at a mature age, but it is ever wanting 

 in the female, as that part is wholly of an orange- 

 colour, and in general the whole plumage is less 

 brilliant ; not but both males and females vary 

 much, as some of them have been of a bright red 

 both on the back and rump, while others have 

 those parts wholly of a golden yellow." 



This bird appears in large flocks in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Cayenne, about September, and fre- 

 quents a particular large tree when the fruit is 

 just set, upon which it commits its depredations : 

 it remains there about six weeks, and returns in 

 April and May, when the fruit is ripe : it is only 

 found about this one tree : in confinement it will 

 feed on bread and meal, but it has no song. It is 

 very common in the inhabited parts of Guiana at 

 certain seasons. 



