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Rh towards the end; secondaries slightly emarginate. Tail rather long, straight, emarginate, of twelve feathers. Bill dull greenish-yellow, brown along the ridge. Feet greyish-blue. The head all round is of a beautiful rich carmine, fading gradually on the nape, paler on the throat and fading on the fore neck; the rest of the neck, all the lower parts, two bands on the wing, formed by the middle coverts, and the extremities of the secondary coverts, together with the rump and upper tail-coverts pure bright yellow. The anterior half of the back, the scapulars, two bands on the wings, and the inner secondaries black, the latter broadly margined at the end and tipped with yellowish-white; alula, primary coverts, and primary quills chocolate-brown, margined with yellowish-white; tail black, the feathers narrowly tipped with greyish-white, and slightly margined toward the end with yellowish- white. Length to end of tail Ik inches; wing from flexure 3y§; tail 3; bill along the ridge ^, along the edge of lower mandible ||; tarsus j; hind toe yg-, its claw y^; middle toe y 6 ^-, its claw T 3 2. Female. Bill dusky brown above, light greyish-yellow beneath. The head, ear- coverts, and hind neck, dull green, as is the rump; the middle of the back and the scapulars greyish-brown, tinged with green. Anterior wing-coverts greyish-brown; middle coverts black, with the extremities dull yellow, secondary coverts and inner secondaries blackish-brown, tipped with greyish- white; alula, primary coverts, and primary quills chocolate-brown, slightly edged with brownish-white; tail-feathers similar, but margined with yellow- ish-green. The lower parts are light dull greenish-yellow, the sides tinged with grey. Length to end of tail 6| inches; wing from flexure 3^; tail 2 T f ; bill along the ridge yV; tarsus y 8 ^; middle toe and claw y 9 2. END OP THE THIRD VOLUME.