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patches producing a yellow band beneath the expanded wing, bordered in front and behind 

 with black. The tail is yellow and green beneath, the inner w r eb of the tail-feathers being 

 yellow. The bill is yellowish red, the feet dusky, and the iris (according to Gould) "reddish 

 brown, with a narrow ring of brown next the pupil." 



In the young the breast is almost devoid of red, and the yellowish-green band on the 

 neck is hardly distinguishable. 



Total length 12 inches, wing 6 - 7, tail 5 - 5, bill 07, tarsus 0"5. 



The numerous specimens in the British Museum vary mainly as to the extent of red on 

 the breast and the size and distinctness of the collar. 



