being destitute at all ages of the ornamental ruff so conspicuous in the male, and having the tail shorter
and more largely tipped with buff.
The male has the forehead, line beneath the eye and the lengthened ear-coverts brilliant metallic green,
with, in some lights, a golden lustre; back of the head, upper surface and wing-coverts bronzy green;
across the rump a broad band of buffy white, below which is another band of chestnut brown; wings
purplish brown; upper tail-coverts bronzy green; tail purplish bronze, each feather narrowly margined
with black and narrowly tipped with buffy white; throat glossy grass-green; lengthened plumes on each
side of the neck olive-green, with a small spot of white at the extremity of each; under surface dark
brown, with bronzy reflexions; centre of the breast ornamented with a number of greyish white plumes;
across the lower part of the abdomen a mark of white; bill black ; feet brownish black.
The female has the upper surface greenish bronze, inclining to brown on the crown; the under surface
greyish white; the feathers of the throat streaked with brown; tail bronzy at the base, deepening into
deep bronzy brown towards the extremity; the lateral feathers largely, and the central ones narrowly
tipped with buff; back crossed by a band of buffy white, below which is another of chestnut brown as in
the male ; the wings, bill and feet are also of the same hue as in that sex.
The Plate represents a male and a female of the natural size, on a Brazilian plant, of which a drawing was
sent me by Mr. Reeves