A ves.—P late CXI. F ig. 1 .
D. superne viridi-brunnea, fronte cinnamomea tincta; tectricibus caud® superioribus brunneo-rubris;
guttere nigro-brunneo, fasciolis albis variegato; pectore ventreque antice cinnamomeis, pectoris plumis
viridi-albo-marginatis; ventre postice alarumque tectricibus inferioribus viridi-brunneis; cauda nigro-
brunnea; capite parvo; rostro gracili, compresso, fere recto.
Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudse 3 unc.; caud®,2 unc. 8 lin.
C o lo u r .—The upper surface of the head and neck, the interscapulars, the
back, and the shoulders, a colour intermediate between oil-green and orange
coloured brown, the forehead tinted with cinnamon-red. The primary and
secondary quill coverts umber-brown; the primary and secondary quill
feathers light reddish brown with a tinge of green, the primary quill feathers
towards their base edged narrowly with cinnamon-red. The secondaries
throughout with a colour similar to that of the back; edges of shoulders
variegated with cinnamon-red. The upper tail coverts a tint between tile-
red and hyacinth-red; the tail feathers deep brownish red, the outer vanes
towards the quills edged with a colour like that of the tail coverts. Neck,
inferiorly liver-brown, variegated with narrow, white, transverse bars, the tip
of each feather being of the latter colour; the breast and the anterior part of
belly cinnamon-red; the feathers of the former towards the throat and those
on each side of the chest, edged partially and tipped with dirty greenish
white; belly, vent, and under tail coverts, the colour of the back. The
upper mandible light brownish red, the lower sienna-yellow, shaded with
umber-brown ; tarsi, toes, and claws, pale brownish red, shaded with brown.
F orm, &c.—Head small, body moderately robust, tail rather long, and
slightly rounded, the feathers rather decomposed; feathers of back of head,
neck, and back, fine, soft, and decomposed. Wings very short, rounded,
and when folded extend a little beyond the base of the tail, the first quill
feather about half the length of the second, the latter slightly shorter than
the third, which is a little shorter than the fourth, and fifth, the longest,—
the sixth rather shorter and about the same length as the tertiaries. Bill
triangular towards the base, towards the tip compressed, and the edge of