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also the feathers of the interscapular region. The breast is red, but strongly marked by 

 transverse, rather broad bands of blackish purple, the margins of the feathers possessing that 

 line ; at the side of tbe breast they become margined with green. The middle of the 

 abdomen is green ; the lower abdomen and flanks are yellow, crossed by numerous broad 

 transverse bands of green, because the feathers are broadly coloured green at their margins. 

 The under tail-coverts are yellow, but these yellow feathers have green tips. The flanks and 

 the under wing-coverts are red. The quills are dusky underneath, save for a broad band of 

 yellow. The under wing-coverts are bright red. The tail is olive-green beneath, save that 

 the inner webs of the feathers are yellow. The bill is orange-red and the iris is red; the 

 feet are grey. 



Total length from 12-10-6 inches, wing 57-5-2, tail 5-3-4-7, bill 0-95-0-85, tarsus 

 0-68-0-66. 



According to Salvadori, some individuals have red feathers with yellow tips on the 

 pileum, some have the green of the abdomen almost black, while others have the bases of 

 the feathers of the collar variegated with red. He also says that the young have the occiput 

 greenish and the interscapular feathers with concealed red spots, while the breast is of a paler 

 red, with feathers margined with green, within which is a narrow yellowish line. 



This species has been exhibited living by the Zoological Society of London. 



In the skins in the National Collection there are variations as to the development of the 

 green collar. No. 58. 4.27. 15 is a yellow variety. 



