( 2C0 ) 



bricrht fcarlet, which colour, at the lower part of the breafl:, finks into deep 

 fernio-inous, and is continued in a broken or interrupted band, down the be- 

 ginning of the abdomen. 



The tail confifts of twelve feathers, and is flighdy rounded at the extremity, 

 the two exterior fide-feathers being fhorter than the others by about half an 

 inch. The legs are rather Ihort, moderately flout, and black. l~lie claws 

 ftrong : that of the back toe larger than the reft. The native country of 

 this curious bird is not certainly known. 



