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head and about two thirds of the neck are naked, 

 and are apparently coloured with blue and red : 

 over each eyebrow is a range of five or six fleshy 

 tubercles ; and on the middle of the head are five or 

 six other approximating warts : on each side of the 

 neck are also six or seven tubercles, arranged very 

 regularly one above the other at nearly equal di- 

 stances : in the specimen above alluded to there is 

 not any appearance of the tuft of feathers so con- 

 spicuous in the breast of the common species. All 

 the feathers, both above and below, are of a square 

 form : those in the lower part of the neck, the upper 

 part of the back, the scapulars, and the under parts of 

 the body, are of a green-bronze, with two lines at the 

 edges of each, one of black, and the other of a fine 

 golden-bronze : the feathers of the middle, and of 

 the lower part of the back, are similarly coloured, but 

 more brilliant, as are those of the rump ; the bronzed- 

 green changes by degrees into a fine sapphirine-blue, 

 and, according to the direction of the light, to an 

 emerald-green, with the bronzed border becoming 

 broader by degrees, and reflecting on the top of the 

 back a fine golden gloss ; towards its base, as also on 

 the rump, this golden hue becomes more intense, 

 and in certain positions reflects the most splendid 

 coppery-red, nearly as brilliant as the feathers on 

 the throat of Trochilus moschiti^s : the splendour 

 of this golden-red border is rendered more striking 

 by the black velvety line, which divides it from the 

 green and blue tints : the feathers of the rump have 

 the covered part marked with dusky-brown pencilling 

 on a griseous ground ; this vermiculated appearance 



