Forehead, line over the eye, back and wing-coverts brownish-green; crown
of the head and nape orange-brown; wings orange-brown, passing into
green on the extremities of the primaries, and broadly tipped with
black; two or three of the scapularies, lower part of the back, rump and
upper tail-coverts cœrulean blue; tail black, most of the feathers,
particularly the two centre ones, slightly margined with blue; lores,
line beneath and behind the eye and ear-coverts velvety black; beneath
which is a stripe of cœrulean blue; throat rich yellow, passing into
orange on the sides of the neck; beneath this a broad band of deep
black; under surface like the back, becoming green on the lower part of
the abdomen; under tail-coverts light blue; irides light brownish red;
bill black; legs and feet mealy greenish grey.
The young are destitute of the black on the throat, and of the blue line
beneath the eye.
The figures are of the natural size.
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