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and purplish reflections ; the lower part of the neck white 

 behind ; its anterior part, and the whole lower surface and 

 side of the body, of a most beautiful and delicate reddish- 

 buff; some of the feathers over the tibia minutely undulated 

 with grey, and the larger inferior wing-coverts of that colour. 

 The fore part of the back, and the inner scapulars black ; the 

 hind part ash-grey, undulated on the sides of the rump ; the 

 tail ash-grey, with black shafts. The outer scapulars are 

 white, and conceal a band of black margining the wing ante- 

 riorly, and crossing its base. The wing-coverts are white ; 

 the alula, primary coverts, and quills blackish-brown, lighter 

 and tinged with grey on the inner webs ; some of the outer 

 secondaries black, the rest white, six of the inner margined 

 with a black line externally, and the last internally also. 

 The outer secondary coverts are black at the base, that colour 

 forming a bar across part of the wing. 



Length to end of tail 26 inches ; extent of wings 36 ; 

 wing from flexure IH; tail 6^; bill along the ridge 2^, 

 along the edge of lower mandible S ; tarsus 1^ ; first toe ^, 

 its claw y\^; second toe 2, its claw ■f'-j; third toe 2j, its claw 

 ■fj ; fourth toe 2 j'^, its claw j'-j. 



Female. — The female, which is considerably smaller, has 

 the crest more elongated behind, some of the feathers being 

 two inches and a half long, whereas in the male they are 

 little more than one inch ; but, on the other hand, the scapu- 

 lars and inner secondaries are much shorter. The bill, eyes? 

 and feet are coloured as in the male. The head and upper 

 part of the neck are brownish-red, but the upper part of the 

 throat is white. All the upper parts of the body are deep 

 ash-grey, with the margins of the feathers paler. The smaller 

 wing-coverts, and the inner secondary quills and coverts, are 

 also grey. The alula, primary coverts, and primaries brown- 

 ish-black ; the outer secondaries black, the middle secondaries 

 white, as are the ends of their coverts. The lower fore part 

 of the neck is white, faintly tinged with grey ; the breast and 

 abdomen white, tinged Avith buff"; the upper part of the sides, 

 and some of the lower wing-coverts grey. 



The oesophagus sixteen inches long ; the intestine five feet 



