Flanks buff mixed with green. Wings purplish brown. Under tail-coverts white. Tail purplish black, 

 margined with rufous, the centre pair slightly washed with green on outer webs. Maxilla black, mandible 

 flesh-colour, tip black. Total length 2i inches, wing If, tail H, culmen t. 



"Female. Upper parts bronzy green, brownish upon the head. Flanks buff. Throat, breast and abdomen 

 white ; the throat spotted with dark brown. Under tail-coverts buff edged with white. Wings purplish- 

 brown. Four central rectrices grass-green, edged on outer web with rufous ; remainder black tipped with 

 huffy white. Bill and feet black. In size same as the male." 



An adult male, lent to me by Messrs. Salvin and Godman, is figured in the Plate along with a pair of S. 

 ardens. 



