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of the upper and front edges of the wings are white. The 

 second, third, and fourth feathers are of equal length, and 

 the longest; the first and fifth a little shorter. Greater 

 wing coverts, white, forming a band of that colour across 

 the wing; the primaries and secondaries have most of the 

 outer feathers of a burnished green. The tertiaries are 

 brilliantly bronzed and glossed with a metallic green; they 

 are as long as the quill feathers. Tail, brown; under tail 

 coverts, white. Legs and toes, red, or orange yellow. 



