eighths of an inch in length. It is of a white colour, and turns
upwards, and ratlin- Inwards. The whole of the upper and front edges
of the wings are white. The second, thud, and fourth feathers are of
equal length, and the longest; the first and fifth a little shorter.
Greater wing coverts, white, forming a band of that colour across the
wing; the primaries and secondaries have most of the outer feathers
of a burnished green. The tertiaries are brilliantly bronzed and glossed
with a metallic green; they are as long as the quill feathers. Tail,
brown; under tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, red, or orange yellow.
