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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



the head and upper neck blackish-green, with glossy 

 reflections ; lower part of neck, sides of body, lower part 

 of back, wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts, and tail, white, 

 the latter tipped with black ; wing spot, green ; scapulars, 

 a portion of secondaries, and primaries, blackish ; a rich 

 chestnut band on chest and upper back ; centre of 

 abdomen, brownish-black ; bill and basal knob, bright 

 red ; irides, brown ; legs and feet, red. Length, about 

 twenty-five or twenty-six inches. The female is similar to 

 male, but lacks knob and is a trifle less in size. The 

 young are duller in colouration, having head and neck 

 brown, and showing much more white than adults. 



John Buaican. 



