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of the upper and front edges of the wings are white. The 
second, third, and fourth feathers are of equal length, and 
the longest; the first and fifth a little shorter. Greater 
wing coverts, white, forming a band of that colour across 
the wing; the primaries and secondaries have most of the 
outer feathers of a burnished green. The tertiaries are 
briliantly bronzed and glossed with a metallic green; they 
are as long as the quill feathers. Tail, brown; under tail 
coverts, white. Legs and toes, red, or orange yellow. 
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