I will now give a short description o f the old red male and the adult green female, with the addition of
the full-grown young of both sexes, which differ from their parents by having no bright colouring on the
crown This anomaly will be seen in the illustration more clearly than in any description I could write.
Old male. Forehead and crown metallic fiery red ; the entire plumage o f the body and colouring of the
tail-feathers deep cinnamon-red; wing-coverts the same; primaries and secondaries purplish brown ; vent
bufly white ; bill black.
Young male.—Like the old male, except the crown, which has not the slightest trace o f metallic red; the
spurious wing green ; whitish green runs up the shoulder.
Oldfemale.—Crown of the head metallic bluish green, with a bronzy lustre ; wings purplish brown, the
spurious wing glossed with green ; the central tail-feathers and the outer webs o f the four next on each side
grass-green ; the inner webs o f these lateral feathers white, deepening into green at the tip o f the outer
webs, under surface white with a spangle o f shining green at the end o f each feather o f clnn, throat, and
fianks, the spangles being (in consequence o f the smaller size of the feathers) most numerous on the chin ;
under tail-coverts white with green centres.
The young female is like the old female; but she has no glittering feathers on the crown.