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black edges. Under tail coverts green yellow ; spurious wing and 
primary coverts green, the first with a bluish tinge, the last orange 
at the base-of the outer ends. An orange wing speculum at the 
base of the first three or fom- secondaries; primaries black, with 
their bases yellow; secondaries blue, edged with green, the first 
three or four with the bases of the outer webs orange, forming 
the wing speculum. Bases of the inner secondaries yellow ; ter- 
tials partly green; upper part of the metacarpal edge, yellow 
orange, the lower part green, with the edges of the feathers blue; 
smaller under wing coverts orange, mixed with green, greater ones 
and bases of the inner webs of the quills, yellow; tail above, yel¬ 
low and orange at the base, blue in the middle, and yellow at the 
tip; below, orange at the base, yellow at tip, green in the middle ; 
bill pale horn, tarsus gray.” 
In fresh specimens the iris is orange, the feet light bluish gray, 
the naked skin about the face and eyes grayish at base of bill, be¬ 
coming bright blue behind ; bill light bluish gray at base, becoming 
ivory-white at tip. In some specimens the skin of the face was 
much brighter than in others, and was brighter in the brown birds. 
No. 1 (immature) : general color above dull greenish brown, 
becoming brighter green on rump. Breast brown, becoming green 
on abdomen. Under surface of quills green (instead of yellow) 
with only a tinge of yellow at the base. The orange -speculum on 
the secondaries is present, but there is no yellow on the primaries. 
Tail yellow at base, becoming orange near the central band, this 
color extending into the band in the shape of an inverted V on each 
feather. The central band is green, becoming blue distally. Tip 
of tail orange, the extremity of each feather greenish yellow. Hind 
head, throat, neck, and sides of head, forward to over eye, blue. 
Pileum and lores clear white; occiput orange. 
No. 2: resembles no. 1, but the head is brighter in color, with 
less blue. The feathers under the eyes are light * orange, tipped 
with blue, and the general coloration is somewhat browner. There 
is no yellow on the primaries. The tips of the tail feathers are 
yellow, becoming orange on the inner webs of all but the central 
pair. 
No. 3 : back dull orange brown, tinged with green, becoming 
dark chestnut on rump. Greater wing coverts orange brown; 
lesser under wing coverts bright yellow, tipped with black. Basal 
half of primaries yellow, forming a large yellow patch on extended 
