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upper part of the breast rich amethystine purple, 
forming the gular patch ; the remaining under parts 
deep primrose-yellow. 
In the female, above, there is no coronal patch ; 
the head, neck, and mantle, yellowish oil-green ; 
the lesser covers, lower back, and upper tail-covers 
are of the same colour as in the male, but with a 
slighter tinge of the varying bluish purple ; the 
wings and tail umber-brown ; the lower parts en- 
tirely dark primrose-yellow, deepest on the throat 
and breast : the bill, legs, and feet seem to have 
been wood-brown. 
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