Crown of the head and nape bluish green, bordered over the upper mandible and alotnr the lores w ill
bulf, and above the eyes with bright verditer; back of the neck, back, and scapularies olive green • lower
part of the back deep bine, each feather tipped with verditer blue; upper tail-coverts-verditer blue; lesser
wmg-coverts deep blue; greater coverts of the primaries aud spurious wing bright verditer blue • coverts
of the secondaries dull greenish blue, becoming of a purer blue at the base; primaries deep rich blue
crossed towards the tip with a broad band of verditer blue, which is brightest on the external web beyond
tins the t.p is blue, shading into dull black at the extremity, shafts black; secondaries deep blw witli a
band of verditer blue on the middle of the outer web only; tertiaries olive green; lores and throat
purplish brown, passing into fawn-colour on the breast; the darker feathers of the sides and base of throat
have a stripe of huff, and those in the centre of the throat a line of bright blue down the shaft-
under wmg-coverts deep blue; lower part of the abdomen greenish blue, passing into the dull verditer
blue of the vent and under tail-coverts; two middle tail-feathers dull green; the remainder deep blue
largely tipped with pale verditer blue; shafts black; bill black; legs and feet dusky yellow- irides reddish’
brown.
The sexes present no appreciable difference in their colouring
The figure of this fine species is of the size of life.