the woods during the rainy season, and then seeks its food among the flowers of the various Orchids. It is 

 in the district of the river of St. Francisco du Nord, in the province of Minas Geraes, that it is found in 

 abundance." 



The sexes differ very considerably both in colour and in size, the female being somewhat the largest, 

 having a much longer tail, and being destitute of the beautiful tufts and black throat which form such 

 conspicuous features in the male. 



The male has the forehead and crown shining greenish blue ; above and behind the eye a series of 

 elongated feathers of the richest fiery crimson at the base, passing into greenish yellow at the tip ; throat, 

 sides of the face, and a narrow tuft depending from the base of the throat, deep velvety black ; back and 

 wing-coverts bronzy green ; wings purplish brown ; two centre tail-feathers pale olive-brown, the remainder 

 white, edged externally with olive-brown ; breast, sides of the neck, and upper part of the abdomen pure 

 white; lower part of the abdomen and flanks bronzy green ; bill black; feet brownish black. 



In the female all the upper surface and flanks are dull bronzy green ; throat and centre of the abdomen 

 buffy white; two centre tail-feathers bronzy olive-green, the next on each side white, edged with green on 

 the base of the inner web, beyond which both webs are crossed obliquely with black ; the remaining feathers 

 white, crossed about the centre by a broad oblique band of black ; wings purplish brown ; bill and feet as 

 in the male. 



The Plate represents two males and a female of the size of life. The plant is the Dipladenia crassinoda. 



