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gradually declines, and is overcaft by a ftrong tinge of full, yet foftened blue; 

 which perhaps can be explained by nothing fo well as by the appearance of 

 that beautiful bloom wliich Ihews to fo nauch advantage on the furface of the 

 Orleans Plumb, 



From the bafe of the lower mandible, round the neck proceeds a narrow 

 collar of the deepeft black j immediately beneath which is a correfponding 

 circle of fea-green. A tinge of fea-green is alfo obfervable on the flioulders 

 and the rump. The wings and back are of a beautiful green. The neck, 

 bread, and belly, of a fair yellow-green. On each fhoulder is a fmall oblong 

 patch of bright ferruginous. The tail is long, and the two middle feathers 

 much exceed the reft in length, and are of a fine deep blue, with white tips : 

 the two next pair are of the fame colour, with pale-yellow tips. The remain- 

 ing tail-feathers are on their exterior webs of a blueifh green, and on their 

 interior ones pale-yellow. The legs and feet are of a greyifli flelh-colour. 

 This fpecies is a native of India. 



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