as those of the sides of the face and chin ; from the sides of the occiput extend two long tufts of steel-blue 
feathers; plumes of the hind-neck and throat also lanceolate ; under surface of body burnished steel-blue, 
washed with green on the abdomen ; w T ings and tail purple, the edges of the quills steel-blue, the latter 
black on their inner w r eb : bill and legs black; iris red. Total length 13 inches, culmen T3, wing 635, 
tail 5’55, tarsus T35. 
Adult female . Similar to the male, but a little smaller. The young bird, according to Count Savadori, is 
blackish violet with scarcely any gloss. 
The Plate represents an adult bird in two positions, drawn from a specimen in the British Museum. 
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