with the same golden green ; from each side o f the nuchal shield spreads a raff o f velvety steel-black plumes;
the feathers o f the throat also are steel-black, with a band o f brilliant golden copper, which extends from
behind the eye down the sides o f the neck, and encircles the throat; rest o f under surface o f body rich
velvety grass-green, the lateral plumes o f the breast tipped with burnished emerald-green ; the sides o f the
body and under wing- and tail-coverts dusky black; bill and legs black; ‘ iris almost black ’ (Beccari).
Total length 28 inches, oilmen 1*6, wing 8*8, tail 7, centre feathers 18.”
The figures in the Plate are drawn from specimens in my own collection, and represent a male about
the size o f life, with reduced figures o f a male and female in the distance.