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Description of another species. 



tail and wings; these bend inwards, expand, and 

 are decorated at their extremity on one side only 

 with very long feathers : thus forming a ring, the 

 circumference of which is broad, and the centre 

 a circular hole. This ring is of a bright emerald 

 colour. The bill and feet are yellow, the iris is 

 the same, and at the internal angle of the eye 

 there is a black spot." 



There is another kind of this bird, which is 

 distinguished by two plumes of feathers, situ- 

 ated at the beginning of the neck behind. The 

 first is composed of several narrow feathers of a 

 yellowish colour, marked near the end with a 

 small black spot, and which, instead of being 

 placed in the usual manner, are raised, so that 

 those nearest the head form a right angle with it. 

 Below this tuft is another considerably larger, but 

 more inclined towards the tail. It is formed of 

 long filaments, proceeding from very short quills, 

 fifteen or twenty of which are united to form a 

 kind of feathers of a straw colour, which appear 

 as if cut square at the ends. On each side of 

 this second plume are feathers of the common 

 kind variegated with brown and orange, and it 

 is terminated behind by a bright reddish brown 

 spot of a triangular form, the point of which is 

 turned towards the tail; the feathers that com- 

 pose it being of the same description as those of 

 the second plume. 



Another characteristic mark of this bird, are 

 the two filaments of the tail, which are about a 



