on (lie feiithcrs of the fore-neck, breiist, sides of body, and under tail-coverts. Total Icn^'th 12 Indies,
culmen 1-4, wini,' O'S, tail O'S, tarsus I'G.
The youn^' males at first resemble the females and have the bars on the breast. As Messrs. SaWin and
Goilnian have pointed ont in their original description, the procedure of moulting into the adult plumage
varies in dillerent individuals, sometimes the green throat being assumed while the flank-plumes and other
ornamental feathers have scarcely begun to develop.
The Plate rojjresents an adult male and female, drawn from the type specimens in the National
Collection.
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