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400 BRITISH BIRDS. 
the outside web ; the tail-feathers are dark brown, with a broad subterminal 
band of lavender. The breast is lavender-pink, shading into lavender on 
the upper throat and chin, flanks, and under tail-coverts. Bill scarlet at 
the base, shading into yellow at the tip ; legs and feet dull scarlet ; claws 
brown ; irides pale yellow. The female differs from the male in having the 
white patch on the sides of the neck smaller, the metallic colours less 
brilliant, and the lavender of the breast less pink. Males of the year 
scarcely differ from adult females; but in the young in first plumage 
of both sexes the white patches on the neck are absent and the whole 
plumage is much duller and browner in colour. 
