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feather very narrowly margined with ful- 

 vous ; the lower series tipped with white. 

 The primaries resemble those of the male. 

 Of the outer secondaries, the first four or 

 five are plain black; the others metallic 

 green on the outer, black on the inner, 

 web. The inner, long secondaries are 

 brown, with a white shaft-streak near the 

 tip. 



The above description refers, I think, 

 to the old female. Younger females, 

 instead of having the abdomen plain ful- 

 vous, have all the feathers of that part 

 centred with brown. In many females 

 there are streaks on the throat. 



Male : length about 21 ; wing about 9I ; 

 tail 3|. Females: length about i8|; 

 wing 8 1 ; tail 3. The bill, in males, is 

 black with a greyish tinge; in females, 

 the upper mandible is brown, the lower 

 dull orange. The irides vary from brown 

 to yellow and reddish orange. The feet 

 are red. Weight, up to nearly 2 lb. 



