with the same golden green ; from each side of the nuchal shield spreads a ruff of velvety steel-black plumes ; 
the feathers of the throat also are steel-black, with a band of brilliant golden copper, which extends from 
behind the eye down the sides of the neck, and encircles the throat ; rest of under surface of body rich 
velvety grass-green, the lateral plumes of the breast tipped w'ith burnished emerald-green ; the sides of the 
body and under wing- and tail-coverts dusky black ; bill and legs black ; ‘ iris almost black ’ (Beccari). 
Total length 28 inches, culmen TO, wing 8*8, tail 7, centre feathers 18,” 
The figures in the Plate are drawn from specimens in my own collection, and represent a male about 
the size of life, with reduced figures of a male and female in the distance. 
