PA R R A CAP.RKSIwT
(Are s _Plate 5%.) -
A v es .— P late XXXII.
P. fronte subflav& ; superciliis albis ; capite supra, fkscii ante alas, corporis lateribus, caudaque rubro-
aurantiis; cervice nigrd, purpureo-tinctd; dorso flayo^brurineo ; subtus alba; gutturis, pectorisque
lateribus viridi-flayis; reiriigibus purpureo-'brunneis, apicibus aliquarum albis, reliquafiim flavo-
brunneis ; rostro unguibusque flayo-biurineis; pedibus viridi-flavis.
Longitudo corporis cum capite 5^ uric.; eaudce 1 uric. 9 liri.
C olour.-—Front sienna-yellow; eyebrows white; the crown of the head,
the nape, the sides of the head, behind the eyes, a narrow bar on each side of
base of neck, in front of the shoulders, together with the sides of the body,
and the tail, deep reddish orange, brightest on the head. The upper surface
of the neck, between the nape and the interscapulars, black glossed with
purple; interscapulars, back, and upper tail coverts, intermediate between
broccoli and yellowish brown, the feathers tipt with wood-brown, and
clouded with metallic purple. Sides of neck and breast pale greenish-
yellow ; chin, throat, breast, belly, and under tail coverts, white; shoulders
and lesser wing coverts yellowish grey; primary quill coverts light liver-
brown ; secondary quill coverts pale broccoli-brown, tipt and edged externally
with white. Primary and secondary quill feathers liver-brown, a few of the
innermost secondaries white at the points, the remainder together with the
primaries narrowly tipt with yellowish brown ; tertiaries between brownish
red and yellowish brown, their tips and the edges of the outer vanes dull
white. Inner surface of shoulders and wings light liver-brown. Bill and
claws yellowish brown; legs and toes livid greenish yellow.
F orm, &c.—Aberrant. Bill straight, moderately long, slender, and towards
the point distinctly wedge-shaped. Wings, when folded, reach to near the
tip of the tail, the first and second quill feathers longest, the third, fourth, and
fifth nearly equal, and slightly shorter than the two outermost. On the edge
of each shoulder a small tubercle in place of a spine. Tail lax and conical.