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a broadened tip of clear shining green.* The throat, 

 and upper part of the breast, with the forehead, bor- 

 dering the rufous crest, is covered with bright emerald- 

 green scaly feathers, which are separated from the 

 upper parts by a line of a paler shade running through 

 the eyes to the rictus, and from the lower part of the 

 breast and belly, by a band of rufous of the same tint 

 with the crest. The upper parts are of a bronzed 

 green, with steel-blue reflections ; and this is again 

 separated from the tail by a conspicuous band of gray- 

 ish white. The tail is broad and ample ; the centre 

 leathers greenish the others deep chestnut red, with 

 purplish reflections. 



Cayenne, Guiana, and BrasH, are the countries 

 where this species is most abundant ; and the Prince 

 Maximilian mentions having found them on dry and 

 arid plains, clothed with a scanty and bushy vegeta- 

 tion. 



* The number of feathers in these tufts is said to be generally 

 from twelve to fourteen, but Dr Latham mentions having counted 

 eighteen in one specimen and twenty in another. 



