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edges of eye-lids bright red. Feet dull orange; claws black. 
Upper part of the head, and space between the hill and the 
eye, deep green and highly glossed ; below the latter space a 
patch of dark purple, and a larger one of the same color, but 
lighter, behind the eye ; sides of the neck, its hind parts under 
the crest and the middle all round very dark purple. A narrow 
line along the base of the upper mandible and over the eye, 
meeting on the occiput, very pure white, as are some of the 
feathers of the crest; another from behind the eye, meeting 
below the occiput, and including several of the lower elongated 
feathers. Throat for more than three inches pure white, with 
a process on each side a little beyond the eye, and another 
nearly half way down the throat. Sides of the neck, and its 
lower part anteriorly, reddish-purple, each feather on the latter 
with a triangular white tip. Middle of the neck behind, back 
and rump, very dark reddish-brown, the latter deeper and 
tinged with green; upper tail coverts and tail greenish-black ; 
some of the lateral tail coverts dull reddish-purple, a few on 
either side with their filaments light red. Smaller wing coverts, 
alula, and primaries dull grayish-brown; most of the latter 
with part of their outer web grayish-white, and their inner 
toward the tip darker and glossed with green. Secondary quills 
tipped with white, the outer webs green, with purple reflec¬ 
tions ; those of the inner secondaries and scapulars velvet black, 
their inner webs partially glossed, and changing to green. The 
broad feathers anterior to the wings are white, terminated with 
black; breast and abdomen grayish-white; feathers under the 
wings yellowish-gray, minutely undulated with black and white 
bars; lower wing coverts and axillar features white, barred 
with grayish-brown ; lower tail coverts dull grayish-brown. 
“ Length, 2P£ inches; to the end of claws, 17|; extent of 
wings, 28; bill, 1 T 6 2 ; tarsus, lfk; middle toe and claw, 
wing from flexure, 9 ; tail, 4». 
u Adult female. 
“ The female is considerably smaller, and differs greatly from 
the male in coloring. The feathers of the head are not elon- 
