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pearance is as if regularly barred with black. The 

 upper parts of the plumage are of a golden green, 

 except the rump, which is of a fine madder tint, but 

 without any metallic lustre. The feathers upon this 

 part are more tufted, and thicker than usual. The 

 whole of the under surface, as far as the upper part 

 of the belly, is of a bright emerald green, brightest 

 on the fore part of the throat. The lower belly is dull 

 brownish green, the vent whitish. 



Lesson has represented another state of this bird, 

 which he thinks is that of the female. All the upper 

 parts are of a uniform green. The throat and breast, 

 instead of the emerald-coloured scaly gorget, are of a 

 dull yellowish grey, which colour occupies also the 

 rest of the under parts. The tail is about only half 

 the length, the feathers of the same broad form ; 

 the outer one of a yellowish, the others of a reddish 

 coppery lustre, with a slight indication of a darker 

 shade at the tips, but without any distinct bar. 



There seems a little uncertainty regarding the na- 

 tive country of this bird. Shaw's specimens were 

 said to come from Peru ; and Lesson mentions the 

 interior of Brazil for those from which he took his 

 drawings and descriptions. The figure of this bird 

 is reduced one-half. 



In this place we must mention another very beau- 

 tiful species, figured and described by M. Lesson, 

 possessing the same form, and in proportion, a de- 

 velopment of tail nearly equal to it ; it is the 



