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with black as to produce a scaly appearance ; lores, ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and throat more distinctly tinged with buff, and not 

 so prominently scaled ; a line of black extends from the eye 

 backwards to the nape, and another from the lower part of the 

 eye, below the ear-coverts ; back of the ueck and upper portion 

 of the back very rich bay; interscapular region olive-green, 

 marked with little silvery bands here and there, this appearance 

 being caused by the tips of some of the feathers being white, with 

 a narrow band of black on each side ; scapulars a little brighter 

 green, with a faint indication of a silvery bar here and there ; 

 least wing-coverts bordering the edge of the wing dull reddish 

 brown ; rest of the wing-coverts olive-green tinged with brown, 

 the external ones marked with fulvous white, the innermost ones 

 barred towards the tip with white, edged with green on each side, 

 and margined with black on the outer edge ; primary coverts 

 black ; quills black, pale brown towards the tip, the inner web 

 white at the base, the outer web of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th 

 primaries also white, forming a small alar bar; the secondaries 

 outwardly washed with grass-green, the inner ones washed with 

 olive- brown and blending with the scapulars; lower portion of 

 the back and rump grass-green ; tail particoloured, greenish at 

 the base except on the outer web, which is cobalt, a broad 

 band of coppery bay extends across the tail, followed by one 

 of black and by another one of pale blue along the extremity of 

 the tail-feathers, the two middle feathers greenish, but tinged 

 with copper-colour towards the extremity of the feathers ; lower 

 portion of the breast and belly bufFy white, the Hanks brownish 

 and everywhere mottled with black and white cross bars ; the 

 centre of the abdomen unmottled ; under wing-coverts reddish 

 brown mixed with white, and a line of pure white feathers run- 

 ning along the radials ; bill dark horny brown ; feet pale fleshy 

 brown, yellow at the tarsal joint. 



Young. Entirely reddish, but darker on the head, neck, and 

 interscapulary region. On all these parts the feathers are black 

 at the base ; but on the chin their basal portion is white. Above 

 the eye and the forehead there are little transverse bands of dark 

 tinged with rufous white, and brown ; and a little below the eye 

 there is a small black spot. In the region of the chest the 



