LOUISIANA TANA GEE. 
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towards the end ; secondaries slightly emarginate. Tail rather long, 
straight, emarginate, of twelve feathers. 
Bill dull greenish-yellow, brown along the ridge. Feet greyish-blue. 
The head all round is of a beautiful rich carmine, fading gradually on the 
nape, paler on the throat and fading on the fore neck ; the rest of the neck, 
all the lower parts, two bands on the wing, formed by the middle coverts, 
and the extremities of the secondary coverts, together with the rump and 
upper tail-coverts, pure bright yellow. The anterior half of the back, the 
scapulars, two bands on the wings, and the inner secondaries black, the latter 
broadly margined at the end and tipped with yellowish-white ; alula, pri- 
mary coverts, and primary quills chocolate-browm, margined with yellow- 
ish-white ; tail black, the feathers narrowly tipped with greyish-white, and 
slightly margined toward the end with yellowish-white. 
Length to end of tail inches ; wing from flexure 8fA ; tail 3 ; bill 
along the ridge T ~, along the edge of lower mandible T 8 ^ ; tarsus T \ ; hind 
toe T 4 g, its claw T 4 2 ; middle toe T 6 2 , its claw 
Female. 
Bill dusky brown above, light greyish-yellow beneath. The head, ear 
coverts, and hind neck, dull green; as is the rump ; the middle of the back 
and the scapulars greyish-brown, tinged with green. Anterior wing- 
coverts greyish-brown ; middle coverts black, -with the' extremities dull 
yellow, secondary coverts and inner secondaries blackish-brown, tipped 
with greyish-white ; alula, primary coverts, and primary quills chocolate- 
brown, slightly edged with brownish-white ; tail-feathers similar, but mar- 
gined with yellowish-green. The lower parts are light dull greenish-yel- 
low, the sides tinged with grey. 
Length to end of tail 6f inches ; wing from flexure 3 T 9 2 ; tail ; bill 
along the ridge ^ ! tarsus ; middle toe and claw T %, 
END OP THE TXIIRD VOLUME. 
