on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, the lower abdomen being uniform yellowish ; axillaries pale greenish 
barred with dusky ; under wing-coverts yellow, barred with dusky brown ; quills dusky below, bright yellow 
at the base and on the inner web : “ bill dark horn-colour ; feet yellowish white, tinged with olive ; irides 
of a deeper blue than in the male, and with only an indication of the red ring ” QGould^). Total length 
12 inches, culmen P3, wing 6*2, tail 4*6, tarsus 1 '7. 
Young male. Resembles the female at first, but is generally to be distinguished by a few purplish-black 
feathers appearing on the head and back or on the quills. The body-plumes appear to be acquired by 
a direct moult 5 but the quills and tail-feathers become black by a change in the colour of the feather 
itself. 
The figures in the Plate represent an adult male and female of the size of life, with an illustration 
of a bower. 
