being destitute at all ages of the ornamental ruff so conspicuous in the male, and having the tail shorter 

 and more largely tipped with buff. 



The male has the forehead, line beneath the eye and the lengthened ear-coverts brilliant metallic green, 

 with, in some lights, a golden lustre; back of the head, upper surface and wing-coverts bronzy green; 

 across the rump a broad band of huffy white, below which is another band of chestnut-brown ; wings 

 purplish brown ; upper tail-coverts bronzy green ; tail purplish bronze, each feather narrowly margined 

 with black and narrowly tipped with huffy white ; throat glossy grass-green ; lengthened plumes on each 

 side of the neck olive-green, with a small spot of white at the extremity of each ; under surface dark 

 brown, with bronzy reflexions ; centre of the breast ornamented with a number of greyish white plumes ; 

 across the lower part of the abdomen a mark of white; bill black; feet brownish black. 



The female has the upper surface greenish bronze, inclining to brown on the crown ; the under surface 

 greyish white ; the feathers of the throat streaked with brown ; tail bronzy at the base, deepening into 

 deep bronzy brown towards the extremity; the lateral feathers largely, and the central ones narrowly 

 tipped with buff; back crossed by a band of huffy white, below which is another of chestnut-brown as in 

 the male ; the wings, bill and feet are also of the same hue as in that sex. 



The Plate represents a male and a female of the natural size, on a Brazilian plant, of which a drawing was 

 sent me by Mr. Reeves. 



