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tremely narrow, the dorsal line slightly decurvate, the tip forming a 

 very slender point. Nostrils basal, linear. 



Head of ordinary size, oblong ; neck short ; body slender. Feet 

 very small ; tarsus extremely short, rather stout, feathered more than 

 half-way down ; toes small, the lateral equal, the middle toe not much 

 longer, the hind toe a little shorter than the lateral ; anterior toes 

 united at the base ; claws rather long, stout, arched, compressed, late- 

 rally grooved, very acute. 



Plumage soft and blended ; feathers on the upper part of the head, 

 cheeks, and throat, oblongo-obovate, with their filaments toward the 

 end thickened and flattened, with metallic gloss, those on the sides of 

 the neck more elongated. Wings rather long, extremely narrow, some- 

 what falcate ; the primaries rapidly graduated, the first being longest ; 

 the number of quills sixteen. Tail of moderate length, emarginate and 

 rounded. 



Bill and feet black. The compact feathers of the head, cheeks, and 

 throat, are blood-red, changing to gold, and having a tinge of blue ; the 

 upper parts light gold-green ; the quills and tail-feathers dusky brown ; 

 the lower parts brownish-white. 



Length to end of tail 3^^ inches ; bill along the ridge ^| ; wing 

 from flexure 2x^2 ; tail 1^ ; tarsus ^^ ; hind toe j^^, its claw ^| ; middle 

 toe II, its claw ^|. 



Female. Plate CCCCXXV. Fig. 5. 



The Female dififers from the male in several respects. The tail is 

 rounded, without emargination ; the metallic feathers are reduced to 

 an irregular patch on the throat ; the upper part of the head and the 

 cheeks are greenish-grey, the upper parts glossy green as in the male, 

 the wings dusky, the middle tail-feathers green, the rest greenish-grey 

 at the base, black toward the end, with the tip white ; the lower parts 

 dull grey, the sides tinged with green. 



Length to end of tail 3i% inches ; bill along the ridge || ; wing 

 from flexure 2 ; tail 1:^. 



