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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



hue. Instead of the greenish band which, in the pre- 

 ceding species, separates the two principal colours from 

 each other, it has a tinge of green on the extremity of 

 each of the feathers which clothe the lower part of its 

 neck, and also of its upper wing-coverts; the larger 

 wing-coverts on the contrary being of a light yellow, 

 tipped and partly edged with a deep border of bright 

 green. The naked part of its cheeks, white as in the 

 other species, is always perfectly bare, exhibiting no 

 vestiges of the lines of minute feathers which distin- 

 guish the latter ; neither does the membranous expan- 

 sion extend over the base of the upper mandible. 

 This division of the bill is of a dull yellowish white 

 throughout, with the exception of a spot of black near 

 its base. The lower mandible, the claws, and the scales 

 of the legs are deep black, the white skin being more 

 or less visible in the interstices of the latter. 



The native country of this species is more particu- 

 larly Cayenne and Surinam, where it is said to be 

 excessively common, and whence it is sent in consider- 

 able numbers to Europe. It is much more frequently 

 seen in this quarter of the globe than the foregoing, 

 which is extremely rare. 



