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broad, curved, rounded, of twenty-four quills ; the primaries 

 attenuated from near the base, rounded, the third and fourth 

 longest, the first equal to the seventh ; the secondaries broad, 

 rounded, and little shorter than the primaries. The t^il is 

 ^'ery long, slightly arched, remarkably cuneate or tapering, 

 of eighteen tapering feathers, of which the lateral are incurred, 

 the central straight. Four pairs of the Ipngest tail feathers 

 are concave above towards the end, or channelled. 



" The bill is pale greenish-yellow, the nasal menjibrane 

 hght brown or flesh-coloured. The bare papillar patch on 

 the side of the head is scarlet, in parts approaching to arterial 

 blood-red, or at some seasons crimson. The eyehds are 

 flesh-coloured, the iris yellow. The feet are light grey tinged 

 with brown, the claws light chocolate brown. 



" The feathers of the upper part of the head are deep 

 brownish-green, with yellowish marginal filaments. The upper 

 part of the neck is deep green behind, laterally and anteriorly 

 greenish-blue and purplish-blue. The lower part of the neck 

 is reddish-orange, anteriorly tinged with purple ; the breast 

 and sides brownish yellow ; each feather terminally margined 

 with purplish-blue, the dark margin indented in the middle,, 

 but the indentation gradually diminishing on the breast. The 

 middle of the lower part of the breast is blackish-brown,, 

 glossed with green, the margins of the feathers being of the 

 latter colour. The fore part of the back is yellpwish-red, 

 each feather slightly margined with black, and having a 

 central oblong spot of the same. The scapulars are redder, 

 with a sHght black tip, the central part dull yellow mottled 

 with dusky, margined with a black band. On the middle of 

 the back the feathers are somewhat similarly variegated, 

 with additional spots of light blue and purple. Those on the 

 rump are of a deep red, with green and greyish tints. The 

 inner wing-coverts are similar to the scapulars, but edged 

 externally with dark red, the outer yellowish-grey, variegated 

 with whitish and dusky. The quills are light brownish-grey, 

 variegated with pale greyish-yellow ; the secondaries more 



