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white, freckled all over with two shades of light brown. 
They vary occasionally both in size and in degree of polish. 
Male; weight, about seven ounces; length, nearly one foot 
two inches; bill, black; from its base a black streak extends 
backwards about one inch; iris, light blue. Forehead and 
crown, greyish and bluish white, some of the feathers longer 
than the rest, streaked down the middle with black, and the 
ends of those at the back of the head tinged with reddish 
purple; these form a sort of crest, which the bird raises or 
depresses at will; nape, cinnamon-colour; chin, greyish white; 
breast, light reddish buff colour; back, cinnamon-colour. 
The wings, which extend to within two inches and a half 
of the end of the tail, have the first feather about two inches 
and a half long, the second about four inches and a half, 
and one inch shorter than the third; the fourth, fifth, and 
sixth nearly equal, and the longest in the wing; the under 
side is grey. Greater wing coverts, barred with black, white, 
and brilliant blue alternately, across the outer webs, the inner 
being nearly black; lesser wing coverts, chesnut. Primaries, 
dusky black on the inner webs, the outside edges dull white; 
secondaries, black, with an elongated patch of white on the 
basal half of the outer web of some of the feathers; some 
of the tertiaries, black, indistinctly barred across with blue, 
and black at the base of the outer web, the last ones of 
a rich chesnut colour, especially on the webs. Tail, dull 
black, indistinctly barred at the base, the outer feather on 
each side lighter than the rest and approaching to brown, 
underneath it is grey; upper tail coverts, white; under tail 
coverts, dull white; legs, toes, and claws, rather light reddish 
brown. 
The female resembles the male. 
