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grey, inclining to white ; the neck, back, wings, 

 and tail, are of an oil green colour, tinged with 

 wax-yellow, — ^in some places faintly passing into 

 yellowish brown, particularly the quills and tail, 

 which are edged with wax-yellow : At the base of 

 the secondary quills is a bar of bluish-black, above 

 which the wing-coverts are tipped with yellowish 

 white ; the larger and smaller coverts are bluish- 

 black, also tipped with yellowish- white ; the breast 

 and under parts are very pale mne-yellow, pass- 

 ing into yellowish-grey, terminating, near the tail, 

 in yellowish-white ; the tail is a little forked ; legs 

 and feet yellowish brown. 



The male and female are very similar ; only her 

 crest is less, and of a gamboge yellow instead of 

 a Dutch orange-colour. 



