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short description of the old red male and the adult green female, with the addition of
s, which differ from their parents by having no bright colouring on the
\ in the illustration more clearly than in any description I could write.

llic fiery red ; the entire plumage of the body and colouring of the

imaries and secondaries purplish brown; vent

I will now give a
the full-grown young of both sexe
crown. This anomaly will be seet

Old male-—Forechead and crown meta
tail-feathers deep cinnamon-red ; wing-coverts the same; pr
buffy white ; bill black.

Young male.—Like the old male, except the cr
spurious wing green ; whitish green runs up the shoulder.

Old female.—Crown of the head metallic bluish green, with a bronzy lustre ; wings purplish brown, the
ith green ; the central tail-feathers and the outer webs of the four next on each side
webs of these lateral feathers white, deepening into green at the tip of the outer
ie end of each feather of chin, throat, and

own, which has not the slightest trace of metallic red; the

spurious wing glossed Ww

grass-green; the inner
webs, under surface white with a spangle of shining green at tl
flanks, the spangles being (in consequence of the smaller size of the feathers) most numerous on the chin;

under tail-coverts white with green centres.
The young female is like the old female; but she has no glittering feathers on the crown.