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towards the end; secondaries slightly emarginate. Tail rather long, straight, 

 emarginate, of twelve feathers. 



Bill dull greenish-yellow, brown along the ridge. Feet greyish-blue. 

 The head all round is of a beautiful rich carmine, fading gradually on the 

 nape, paler on the throat and fading on the fore neck; the rest of the neck, 

 all the lower parts, two bands on the wing, formed by the middle coverts, 

 and the extremities of the secondary coverts, together with the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts pure bright yellow. The anterior half of the back, the 

 scapulars, two bands on the wings, and the inner secondaries black, the latter 

 broadly margined at the end and tipped with yellowish-white; alula, primary 

 coverts, and primary quills chocolate-brown, margined with yellowish-white; 

 tail black, the feathers narrowly tipped with greyish-white, and slightly 

 margined toward the end with yellowish- white. 



Length to end of tail Ik inches; wing from flexure 3y§; tail 3; bill along 

 the ridge ^, along the edge of lower mandible ||; tarsus j\; hind toe yg-, its 

 claw y^; middle toe y 6 ^-, its claw T 3 2. 



Female. 



Bill dusky brown above, light greyish-yellow beneath. The head, ear- 

 coverts, and hind neck, dull green, as is the rump; the middle of the back 

 and the scapulars greyish-brown, tinged with green. Anterior wing-coverts 

 greyish-brown; middle coverts black, with the extremities dull yellow, 

 secondary coverts and inner secondaries blackish-brown, tipped with greyish- 

 white; alula, primary coverts, and primary quills chocolate-brown, slightly 

 edged with brownish-white; tail-feathers similar, but margined with yellow- 

 ish-green. The lower parts are light dull greenish-yellow, the sides tinged 

 with grey. 



Length to end of tail 6| inches; wing from flexure 3^; tail 2 T f ; bill along 

 the ridge yV; tarsus y 8 ^; middle toe and claw y 9 2. 



END OP THE THIRD VOLUME. 



