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culmen 1:4, wing 6°8, tail 6:3, tarsus 1°6.

The young males at first resemble the females and have the bars on the breast. As Messrs. Salvin and
d out in their original description, the procedure of moulting into the adult plumage

of the fore-neck, breast, sides of body, and under tail-coverts. Total length 12 inches

Godman have pointe
varies in different individuals,
ornamental feathers have scarcely begun to develop.

The Plate represents an adult male and female, drawn from the type specimens in the National

sometimes the green throat being assumed while the flank-plumes and other

Collection.