crown, thence to the nape wide; on each side of this a broad conspicuous stripe o f buffy olive-brown,
bounded below by a narrow line of dull white stained with bluish green, and terminating in a few lengthened
feathers; a narrow black line under the eye, continued in a broader oue down the sides of the neck,
unites with the black a t the n ape ; upper surface and greater wing-coverts dark grass-green; lesser
wing-coverts glossy verditer-blue ; rump and upper tail-coverts the same ; primaries black, with pale bluish-
grey tips, and with a large patch o f white about the middle of their length, forming a conspicuous oval mark
when the wing is spread; the secondaries are also black, conspicuously tipped with white, and the external
ones margined with g reen ; on the apical portion of the black, in those nearer the body, the green gradually
increases in breadth till the black is nearly invisible; under surface o f the wing black, interrupted by the
oval spot of white and by the central under-coverts being also white, faintly tinged with b lu e ; tail black,
tipped with blue; chin and sides of the. neck creamy white; breast and under surface light cinnamon
brown, brightest on the b rea st; vent and under tail-coverts bright scarlet; bill black, with a fleshy brown
b ase; irides hazel; legs and feet pinkish flesh-colour.
The Plate represents an adult male and a bird with the striated plumage mentioned above, both of the
natural size.