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and collar about the neck, pure white; a broad lead-blue band across the chest; belly and 

 under tail-coverts white; primaries largely white on the inner webs toward the base; 

 both primaries and secondaries often white-tipped, the latter always with white bars 

 on the inner webs; tail with numerous paired white spots, forming 8 to 10 narrow white 

 bars. 



Adult female: Similar, but with a more or less complete chestnut band across the belly, 

 this color also extending along the sides and flanks. Young birds of either sex have the 

 blue chest band more or less mixed with brown or rufous. 



Length 11 to 14.50 inches; wing 6 to 6.50; tail 3.80 to 4.30; culmen 2 or more. 



