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ends of the quills. The tail is a dull very dark red above, the inner webs of tlie tail- 

 feathers are also red ; it is likewise red underneath, becoming dusky towards its tip. The 

 feet are black, and the bill is probably of a more or less reddish yellow. 



Total length 8'92 inches, wing 5-18, tail 3-94, bill 0"82, tarsus 0"59. 



The specimen in the Darmstadt Museum seems to show that in the young the blue on 

 the cheeks is less extended. The feathers of the abdomen have also narrow blue edges. 

 There is also a blue spot on the abdomen, and the under tail-coverts are of that colour. The 

 primary-coverts are also dusky and edged with blue externally. 



