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feathers, gradually growing smaller toward the centre of the tail. 

 Below white, scarcely soiled with ashy on the throat, and more 

 decidedly so on the flanks. The white ascends on the side of the 

 neck on each side just above the shoulder, forming a widely in- 

 terrupted collar. In the female the colors are less vivid. Dimen- 

 sions : — 



4th quill longest ; 2d and 3d scarcely shorter and nearly equal ; 

 the 1st 4 millimetres shorter, and equal to the 6th ; the 2d, 3d, 

 4th, and 5th sinuated on the outer webs. Tail slightly rounded. 

 Tarsi with 5 scutella in front. Tongue divided for half its length, 

 and terminated by a pencil of hairy filaments-; oesophagus 3 in 

 length, 2 in breadth ; proventriculus 8 by 2^ ; gizzard 7X5^X3 

 in its principal diameter; intestine 155 in length, the duodenum 

 not plainly marked, but apparently about 40 in length ; 2 small 



