ORNITHOLOGY. 



cloaks, dresses of ceremony, and other apparel of the natives, and 

 this may perhaps in some degree explain the comparative scarcity of 

 the species in European collections, while, in reality, the bird may 

 not be scarce in its native country. 



There are several varieties of this species which differ in some 

 slight particulars, incidental probably to the transitions of the plumage 

 in different stages of its growth. That which we have represented 

 is a fine and full-coloured example of the male bird in the highest 

 perfection of its plumage 5 the female differs in having the back and 

 belly green, the crown of the head a deep red of a sanguineous hue, 

 and the thighs and vent red. 



The length of this bird is sixteen inches. 



