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Rough Diagrams showing difFeience in area and 

 markings of wing-coverts in male and female. 



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$ 



Size aud outline of 

 Ruddy Patch on 

 the male. Rich 

 shade of Orange 

 Brown. 



Description from B.M.C. : 

 "Glossy black; wing- - coverts 

 "yellowish -brown with a paler 

 "border below; bill and feet, 

 "black: whole length 7 inches, 

 "wing 4'2, tail 3'2. 



" Female similar, but rather 

 "smaller, and wing - coverts 

 "mixed with black." 



Size and outline of Ruddy 

 Patch on the female. 



Equally as rich in shade 



as on the male, but last 



row of feathers, (marked 



by ink spots opposite) 



are m a r k e d as rough 



sketch herewith, 



outer web of 



feathers orange 



brown, inner 



as sketched black. 



No other marks 

 or dots are 

 visible. 



These birds have been in one of my outdoor 

 aviaries since they arrived, having as companions 

 Tanagers as under: Scarlet, Olive, Superb, Tricolour, 

 ? Black ; Yellow-bellied Liothrix, Giant Long-tail 

 Whydah, Crimson-wing Whydah, Diamond Sparrows, 

 etc. 



