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deep lead colour; nail black: irides brown: 
crown brown, changeable with green, 
ending in a streak of brown at the hinder 
part of the head, with a small crest : 
between the bill and eye, and behind 
each ear, ferruginous spots, the first round, 
the last oblong and large : throat of a fine 
deep purple ; the rest of the head bright 
green, continued in streaks down the neck; 
breast a light ferruginous brown, spotted 
with black: hind part of the neck and 
back dark brown, waved with black : 
wing coverts ash-coloured; lower coverts 
streaked with rust colour ; scapulars cine- 
reous : quills the same, inclined to brown : 
secondaries fine green, ending in a shade 
of black, edged with white : tail coverts 
deep changeable green : twelve feathers in 
the tail; the two middlemost black, the 
others brown, edged with white : belly 
dusky, finely granulated : legs small, yel- 
low : webs dusky". 
We are assured that a pair of these rare 
birds, were purchased at a Poulterers in 
London, during the winter of 1818, and are 
now in the , possession of a Gentleman at 
Chelsea. 
