I will now give a short description of the old red male and the adult green female, with the addition of 

 the full-grown young of both sexes, which differ from their parents by having no bright colouring on the 

 crown. This anomaly will be seen in the illustration more clearly than in any description I could write. 



0/^;w^/^.— Forehead and crown metallic fiery red ; the entire plumage of the body and colouring of the 

 tail-feathers deep cinnamon-red ; wing-coverts the same; primaries and secondaries purplish brown ; vent 

 buffy white ; bill black. 



Young male, — Like the old male, except the crown, which has not the slightest trace of metallic red ; the 

 spurious wing green ; whitish green runs up the shoulder. 



Old female. — Crown of the head metallic bluish green, with a bronzy lustre ; wings purplish brown, the 

 spurious wing glossed with green ; the central tail-feathers and the outer webs of the four next on each side 

 grass-green ; the inner webs of these lateral feathers white, deepening into green at the tip of the outer 

 webs, under surface white with a spangle of shining green at the end of each feather of chin, throat, and 

 flanks, the spangles being (in consequence of the smaller size of the feathers) most numerous on the chin ; 

 under tail-coverts white with green centres. 



The young female \% like the old female; but she has no glittering feathers on the crown. 



