The following is Mr. G. R. Gray’s description of this remarkable species :—

‘Upper surface sap-green, with a verdigris tinge on the wings; each feather marked in the middle with
yellow, which is margined on the sides with black, from which spring irregular transverse bands of the same
colour; the outer webs of the greater wing-coverts, quills, secondaries and entire tail brownish-buff,

irregularly banded transversely with black; between every alternate set lemon-yellow; the inner webs of
and secondaries black, more or less transversely banded with lemon-yellow; under surface pale

quills
greenish-yellow, tinged with lemon-yellow, more or less marked along the shaft with pale yellow, which is
narrowly margined with brownish-black ; some of the feathers have transverse bands of the same colour ;
the top of the head brownish-black, margined outerly with sap-green, tinged in some places with verdigris,
and marked in the middle with pale yellow; the front cheeks, ear-coverts and the projecting feathers of the
face pale umbre, marked in the middle with yellowish-white ; bill white ; feet plumbeous-black.
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Total length 2 feet 4 inches ; bill 1 inch 8 lines ; wings 114 inches; tail 9} inches; tarsi 14 inch.”

The figure represents the bird about three-fourths of the size of life.