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the second sixteen, on the third twenty-two, and on the fourth 

 eighteen narrow scutella. The plumage is soft and blended. 

 The wings, which are very short, have seven of the primaries 

 cut out on the outer web, the second, third, and fourth nearly 

 equal and longest, the first almost as long as the sixth. The 

 tail is short, and much rounded, of sixteen straight rounded 

 feathers. 



The bill, naked space about the eye, and feet, are bright red, 

 the claws a little dusky ; the irides red. The upper part of the 

 head and the hind-neck are reddish-brown, the forehead ash- 

 gre}^ The back, wrings, upper tail-coverts, and four middle 

 tail-feathers are reddish-brown tinged with grey. A portion 

 of the outer web of all the primaries except the first, and of 

 seven of the outer secondaries is ochre-yellow. The six lateral 

 tail-feathers on each side brownish-red. The throat and cheeks 

 are w^hite tinged with grey ; a band of black from the bill to 

 the eye, and thence down the side of the neck, becoming broader 

 and meeting its fellow on the fore part, where it expands. 

 Sides and fore part of neck greyish-white, tinged with brown, 

 and spotted with black. This part is margined below with 

 greyish-brown, succeeded by a broad band of ash-grey. The 

 middle of the breast, abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and tibial 

 feathers are light red ; the feathers of the sides with a broad 

 band of light red, succeeded by another of ash-grey, then two 

 narrow bands, one white, the other black, and a terminal band 

 of red. 



Length to end of tail 14 inches ; extent of wings about 21 ; 

 wing from flexure 6i ; tail 4i ; bill along the ridge 8i twelfths, 

 along the edge of lower mandible l^ ; tarsus l^'^^ ; hind toe j\, 

 its claw ^^ ; second toe 1, its claw 4^ twelfths ; third 1|, its 

 claw j% ; fourth 1 inch li twelfth, its claw j%. 



Female. — The female is somewhat less, wants the knob on 

 the tarsus, aijid has the colours as in the male, but a little fainter. 

 The black crescent on the neck is narrower, and the spots of 

 the same colour on its lower part are much smaller. 



Length to end of tail 13 inches; wing from flexure 6j% ; bill 

 along the ridge 7i twelfths ; tarsus Ij''^ ; middle toe and claw If. 



