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band of orange-yellow, which is also narrowed in front and broadest on either side ; this 

 orange-yellow collar is again bounded behind by another narrow band of purplish black, 

 which extends across the breast and upwards on either side to the axilla. The breast, 

 abdomen, thighs, and basal under tail-coverts are crimson, the larger under tail-coverts are 

 grass-green. The sides of the lower back are orange-yellow, with crimson tips to a few of 

 the feathers. The quills are mainly black underneath, but there is more or less olive-yellow 

 on the inner webs. The primary under wing-coverts are black, but the axillaries and smaller 

 under wing-coverts are crimson. The edges of the wing are grass-green. The median tail- 

 feathers are crimson, slightly tipped with yellow. The lateral tail-feathers have a larger 

 extent of yellow proceeding from the middle tail-feathers outwards ; they have an external 

 margin of grass-green and a black margin internally. Bill red, feet orange. 

 Total length 7'5 inches, wing 4*25, tail 3"25, culmen 07, tarsus 0'4. 



