birds. The head is ornamented on each side by 
black and yellow stripes: the back and shoulders 
are of a bright chesnut colour: the wing-feathers 
black ; the coverts tipped with white, forming a 
band of that colour across the middle of each wing : 
the whole under part of the bird, from the throat, 
is of a bright yellow, marked with numerous bright- 
blue transverse lines : the tail is short, and of a 
slightly sharpened shape, the feathers graduailv 
shorrening on each side from the middle ones : the 
bill is black and the legs brown. This highly rare 
Snd beautiful bird is but rarely seen in European 
museums, and is principally found in Cayenne. 
