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brownish-black. The tail is forked, and the eight 
centre feathers gradually decrease in length ; the ex- 
terior shoots far beyond them into two narrow plumes, 
pliable from their weight. It is of a brownish-black 
colour, with green reflections. 
The female, says Dr Latham, “is of the same 
size, with the bill tlie same, the base of the under 
mandible white half way ; crown dusky brown ; up- 
per parts of the plumage as in the male ; beneath, 
from chin to vent, white ; on the sides of the neck 
the green and white are intermixed irregularly ; tail 
green, without the long feathers, and the tips of all, 
except the two middle, white for almost half the 
.’ength.” 
It is a native principally of the island of Jamaica ; 
but Dr Latham also mentions having specimens from 
Guiana. 
