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where it is separated by the terminal portion of the 

 crest, which is dark bUie ; lower part of the hind 

 neck, a small space on the fore neck, and the sides 

 of the body, undulated with lines of black and 

 white ; lower portion of the fore neck and upper 

 part of the breast reddish-brown, distinctly marked 

 with round spots of brownish-black ; abdomen yel- 

 lowish-white, faintly undulated with dusky; a patch 

 of black under the tail ; outer tail-feathers buff, in- 

 ner white, with a large spot of black on the inner 

 webs ; tail brown, margined with whitish, the outer 

 feathers greenish-black ; upper parts brown, faintly 

 undulated with black and white, on the fore part of 

 the back ; outer scapulars similar, with a portion of 

 their outer webs black ; lesser wing-coverts brown- 

 ash; greater coverts tipped with reddish-cream; 

 the first five secondaries velvety-black ; the next five 

 bright green, forming the speculum, which is 

 bounded above by pale reddish-buff, and on each 

 side by deep black ; before the wing a transverse, 

 broad white band. 



Female smaller; head and neck streaked with 

 brownish-white and dusky, darker on the upper 

 part of the head ; lower parts reddish-brown, the 

 feathers margined ^\ith. dusky, upper parts dusky- 

 brown, the feathers margined and spotted with pale 

 reddish-white, without the chestnut red and the 

 green on the head ; the black patch is w^anting, as is 

 the white band before the wings, the conspicuous 

 spot on the wings is less extensive. Its short and 

 narrow bill is at all times a strong specific character ; 



