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The fpecies here figured is extremely rare. The whole bird, except the 

 head and remigcs, is of a deep black, with a rich caft of gloflfy blue. The 

 beak is of a pale fulvous red ; the upper part, which rifes over the fore- 

 head, is of a pale ftraw-coloun From the hinder part of the mandibles on 

 each fide proceeds a ftreak of white, running backwards to a fmall diftance. 

 The upper and back part of the head are of a deep crimfon or purple. The 

 remiges, or long wing-feathers, are of the richeft and fuUeft crimfon or car-, 

 mine-colour. The legs brown. It is an inhabitant of the interior parts of 

 Africa. 



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