Crown of the head and nape bluish green, bordered over the upper mandible and along the lores with
buff, and above the eyes with bright verditer; back of the neck, back, and scapularies olive green; lower
part of the back deep blue, each feather tipped with verditer blue ; upper tail-coverts verditer blue ; lesser
wing-coverts deep blue; greater coverts of the primaries and spurious wing bright verditer blue ; coverts
of the secondaries dull greenish blue, becoming of a purer blue at the base ; primaries deep rich blue,
crossed towards the tip with a broad band of verditer blue, which is brightest on the external web, beyond
this the tip is blue, shading into dull black at the extremity, shafts black ; secondaries deep blue, with a
band of verditer blue on the middle of the outer web only; tertiaries olive green; lores and throat
purplish brown, passing into fawn-colour on the breast; the darker feathers of the sides and base of throat
have a stripe of buff, and those in the centre of the throat a line of bright blue down the shaft;
under wing-coverts deep blue; lower part of the abdomen greenish blue, passing into the dull verditer
blue of the vent and under tail-coverts ; two middle tail-feathers dull green; the remainder deep blue,
largely tipped with pale verditer blue; shafts black ; bill black ; legs and feet dusky yellow ; irides reddish-
brown.

The sexes present no appreciable difference in their colouring

The figure of this fine species is of the size of life.

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