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tVuni uuo tu tlu' other. Below from chin to end of" under tail 

 i'overts velvety black with a deep purple-blue gloss. 



(hlours of Soft Paiis. — hides brown or red-brown; bill greenish 

 or yellowish horny, the cuhnen and base darker ; bare facial skin 

 bright crimson red to almost vermilion red ; legs brilliant coral red. 



Measurements.— Whig from 0-8" (248-9 mm.) to 10-8" (274-3 

 mm.), the average being lOo" (2G1() mm.), tail from 21-C" 

 (548-G mm.) to 27-8" (70G-1 ram.) in fully adult birds ; tarsus 

 from :3-75" (05-2 mm.) to 4-0" (101-6 mm.); bill at front 1-2" 

 (30-4 mm.), and from gape about 1-5" (38-1 mm.K The crest 

 varies between 3" and 3-5" (70*2 and 88-9 mm.), being generally 

 well over 3-2" (81-2 mm.). The spur is generallj^ well developed 

 and i-uns from about -75" (19-0 mn..) to 1-2" (30-4 mm.), being 

 generally well over the inch in full-grown birds. 



Adult Female. — Whole of the upper plumage golden brown, the 

 t'dge of each feather siighly darker, and with everj^where a po^^der- 

 ing of dark brown, so minute as to be hardly visible -without a 

 close examination ; terminal half of crest black, gradually grading 

 into the brown of the crown. Two central pairs of tail feathers pale 

 ashy buff, marked with fine broken bars of dark brown, lateral tail 

 feathers black with straggling broken lines of white. Below, chin and 

 iipper throat pale ashy, (dianging to asln' brown on the lower 

 throat and upper breast, the latter becoming paler and much mottled 

 \\ith brown spots and bars ; lower breast still paler and with bolder 

 bars and markings; remaiudei- of lower plumage and flanks rather 

 dingy white with bold, broad bars of dark brown ; centre of belly 

 and vent duller, and with fine bars of brown instead of broad ones. 



Colours of Soft Parts. — Irides brown, golden brown or hazel ; 

 liill greenish or yellowish horny, pale at tip and dark at the base of 

 the upper mandible ; facial skin bright crimsom red, crimson or dull 

 ci'imson ; legs brilliant coral red. 



Measure^ments.— Wing from 8-8" (203-5 mm.) to 9-9" (251-4 

 mm.), wuth an average of 9-2" (233-G mm.) ; tail from 98" 

 (248-9 mm.) to 12-3" (312-4 mm.), generally about 11" (279-4 

 mm.); tarsus about 3-5" (88*9 mm.) ; bill at front about 1-1" 

 (27-9 mm.), and from gape about 1-4" (35-5 mm.); the crest, which 

 is rather meagre and thin, runs up to nearly 3" (7G-2 mm.), and is 

 usually about 2-5" (G3-5 mm.). 



young Males and Females in First Plumage. — Similar to the above, 

 l>ut with the whole of the lower parts from throat to under tail 

 <-oveits more or less uniform buffy brown, varying in depth from a 

 pale, almost albescent buff (see B. M. specimen. No. 39-4.15.66.) 

 to a deep umber, almost chocolate brown (see B. M. specimen No. 

 1907. 12. 31. 121.). In all specimens the shafts are paler than 

 the webs, and shew up as faint or conspicuous streaks according to 

 the depth of colouring adjoining. 



