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maries greyish-brown, the secondaries deep brown, the 

 last or inner greyish-brown. Basal inner webs of pri- 

 maries white, of secondaries grey, all more or less mot- 

 tled and barred with dark grey. Shafts of quills dark, 

 those of the second and third primaries mottled with 

 white. Upper tail-coverts light red, each feather ha- 

 ving a central line of brownish-black. Tail light red, 

 the two middle feathers paler, the outer dusky on the 

 outer web ; all more or less distinctly barred with deep 

 brown, the bars of the middle feathers confined to the 

 centre of the basal half, those of the outer extending 

 along its whole length, and eighteen in number. The 

 larger scapulars brownish-grey towards the end. The 

 lower parts, sides, and tibial feathers, light red, paler 

 on the neck, deeper on the sides, brighter on the legs, 

 longitudinally streaked with blackish-brown, the streaks 

 broad on the lower neck, breast, and sides, narrow on 

 the legs. The lower tail-coverts pale red, with a cen- 

 tral dark line. 



(Esophagus wide, at the lower part glandular, and 

 gradually dilated into the stomach, which is compressed, 

 of an oblong slightly curved form, with two distinct 

 central tendons, the muscular coat very thin. The in- 

 testine is a little wider at its upper part, but is nearly 

 uniform in diameter until towards its.termination, when 

 it becomes much dilated. The entire length of the in- 

 testinal canal, from the mouth to the anus, is five feet 

 ten inches ; the length of the cesophagus seven, of the 

 stomach two, inches. The liver of two nearly equal 

 lobes. Gall-bladder of a globular form, and very large. 



The ovarium contained a mass of eggs of various 

 sizes, and the whole of the abdomen, with part of the 



