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broadly barred with brownish-black, the intervals of a 

 beautiful yellowish-red, nearly pure on the inner webs, 

 but on the outer thickly and minutely undulated with 

 brown. The tail is similarly banded and mottled, its 

 tints paler. The chin or space immediately under the 

 crura of the lower mandible is white ; below this is a 

 transverse band of barred and mottled feathers con- 

 tinuous with the ruff; under which is a patch of white, 

 intermixed with a few black spots. The fore part and 

 sides of the neck are reddish- yellow, each feather with 

 an oblong brownish-black longitudinal band, and trans- 

 verse lateral undulations. The rest of the long fea- 

 thers on the lower parts are similarly marked, but the 

 central spot gradually becomes narrow and elongated, 

 and on the lower feathers ceases, while the transverse 

 narrow bars become more numerous and regular. The 

 large tibial tufts are similarly marked. The concealed 

 downy feathers of the breast and abdomen are paler, 

 the anterior or upper without bars, the rest barred with 

 dusky, as are the feathers of the tibiae, tarsi, and toes ; 

 on the latter the bars are fewer, curved, and marginal. 

 The lower sui-face of the wing is greyish-yellow, barred 

 and dotted with dusky, as is that of the tail. The 

 lower tail-coverts yellowish-red, and barred like the 

 tibial tufts. The concealed or downy part of the plu- 

 mage is dark greyish-blue. 



Length to end of tail 26 inches, to end of wings 24 ; 

 extent of wings 61; wing from flexure 20; tail 10; 

 bill along the ridge 2{\f cere \l ; depth of bill at base 

 of cere IJ, at fore edge of cere 1^^^ ; edge of lower 

 mandible 1^^^ ; tarsus 2f ; first toe li, its claw IIQ; 

 second toe 1^, its claw 2^2_ . third toe 2||, its claw 



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