232 STAR E. ClafslL 



inches and a half : the bill is an inch and one -fourth 

 long, ftrait, very much deprefled, and the bafe of 

 the lower mandible deeply furrowed on each fide : 

 the noflrils are oval furrounded by a prominent rim : 

 the tongue is hard, horny and cloven : the irides 

 hazel, whiter on their upper part : the feathers on the 

 head, neck and upper part of the back are black, 

 varied with a moft beautiful green and purple as op- 

 pofed to different lights ; the tips of thefe on the 

 head are of a yellowifh brown •, thofe on the neck are 

 white : their form is fingular, being long, narrow 

 and pointed : the lower part of the back, the rump, 

 the coverts of the wings, and the lower part of the 

 bread are black gloifed with green ; the tips of the 

 feathers of all except thofe on the breaft are yellowifh, 

 thofe of the latter white : the belly is glofled over 

 with a deep purple : the vent feathers are black, very 

 nightly tinged with green, and their edges are white: 

 the firft and fecond quil-feathers are dusky, and the 

 lower part of their exterior fide is ilightly edged with 

 a reddilh yellow : the exterior webs of all the others 

 are alfo dusky •, the interior incline to afh-color, but 

 both are edged with the fame color as the former, only , 

 more deeply on the feathers next the back:, beneath 

 this yellowifli border that adorns the leffer quil- 

 feathers is another of black : a changeable green 

 alfo marks their exterior fides. The tail is fhort ; 

 the Vv^ings reach, when clofed, within half an inch of 

 the end : the middle of each feather is of a deep afli-' 

 color ; then fucceeds a border of black edged with a 

 yellowifh red. The legs and feet are black tinged 

 Vv'ith red. 



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