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culated with very fine black and ashy 

 lines. Similar lines are to be found on 

 some of the upper scapular feathers. The 

 other feathers of the scapulars are creamy- 

 buff on the inner webs; black, margined 

 with cinnamon-red on the outer webs. All 

 the scapular feathers are long and pointed. 

 The upper wmg-coverts are brown, the 

 lower series tipped with cinnamon-red, 

 which forms a band above the speculum. 

 The shafts and the inner webs of the 

 primaries are drab; the outer webs and 

 the tips of the inner, brown. The 

 outer two or three secondaries are brown, 

 tipped with white. The succeeding short 

 secondaries are metallic green or bronze 

 at the base, black at the end, and are tipped 

 with pure white. The amount of metallic 

 green on the feathers increases pro- 

 gressively from the outer to the inner 

 feathers, and the black correspondingly 

 decreases, the speculum thus consisting 

 of two oblique bands, one green and one 

 black. The inner and longer secondaries 

 are brown, with some short, irregular, 

 black and rufous margins. The back is 

 brown, the feathers edged paler. The 

 rump and the upper tail-coverts are ashy 

 brown, the feathers centred darker. The 

 tail-feathers are brown, edged with fulvous. 



