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the inner web near the tip : the bill is rather long, 

 slender, moderately curved, and of a red or orange- 

 colour, as are likewise the legs, which are rather 

 short in proportion to the bird. 



A most elegant figure of this species occurs in , 

 Mr. Miller's miscellaneous plates of Natural His- 

 tory : in this figure the violet gloss seems greatly 

 to predominate, and the bill and legs are orange- 

 coloured. It is also figured in the superb work of \ 

 Monsr. Viellot^ whose specimen appears to have 

 had the quills marked with a white spot on the 

 exterior web, with a similar appearance at the tips 

 of the covert-feathers. 



