. A general history of birds . a rufous crest, pretty long; but what characterises thebird is a tuft of feathers of different lengths, arising beneath the earson each side, each consisting of fourteen feathers,* the longest abovehalf an inch ; they are narrow, rufous, and at the end of each ashining green spot; these feathers the bird is said to erect as a rnff,or depress them at will, and when in the latter state they fall on theneck on each side; the forehead, throat, and fore part of the neck,are of a rich and most metallic green-gold; and if looked at frombeneath appear brown, and without
. A general history of birds . a rufous crest, pretty long; but what characterises thebird is a tuft of feathers of different lengths, arising beneath the earson each side, each consisting of fourteen feathers,* the longest abovehalf an inch ; they are narrow, rufous, and at the end of each ashining green spot; these feathers the bird is said to erect as a rnff,or depress them at will, and when in the latter state they fall on theneck on each side; the forehead, throat, and fore part of the neck,are of a rich and most metallic green-gold; and if looked at frombeneath appear brown, and without gloss ; quills steel black ; legsblack. The female has neither the crest nor ruff, as the male; the bandon the rump, and the throat both inclined to rufous ; the rest of theunder parts are also rufous, glossed with green ; the upper part ofthe head, and the back as in the male, of a gold green; the baseand tips of the tail feathers rufous, the rest green. * In one Specimen we counted eighteen, and in another twenty.
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