riietalllc jnii-j)l(', sliot with sfcel-bliio at the ciul of the secondaries and es])eciully on tile innermost of these
(¡ciills ; iirinnn ies hhick, glossed with steel-hliie near the ends and slightly glossed with purple extenudly ;
tail-feathers nielallie purple, the two centre ones recurved and twisted over, with the wehs decomposed ;
crown of head and neck covered with frizzled plumes ; the lores, sides of face, and cheeks velvety hlack,
with a green gloss under certain lights; the crown glossed with jinrplish and steel-hlue and formed into
a I ' idg e o\ er the eye ; hind neck, sides of neck, and throat metallic oily-green, the feathers very close set
anil velvety to the touch ; the fore neck and chest with longer and more tliick-set ])lumcs of green, somewhat
steel-greeii in their gloss, and glossed with pnr|)Ie on the chest ; rcniainder of under surface of
hody hronzy piir])le, with a distinct suhterminal bar of velvety hlack on each feather; lower ahdomen and
thighs glossy steel-green, as also the under wing-coverts; under tail-coverts purjile; hill and feet black.
Total length l / ' S inches, cuhnen 2'4, wing 0'5, tail 7, tarsus 2-1.
U'lie I'late represents an adult bird of the full size, drawn from the original specimen, now in the British
Museum.