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green. As usual, the eggs have two kinds 

 of marks, the shell-marks being of a pale 

 purple and the superior or surface-marks 

 being olive-brown. These marks are of 

 various sizes and shapes. The eggs 

 average i"45 by 1*03. 



The male bird has the sides of the 

 head, the throat and a ring round the 

 neck yellowish buff; the crown and upper 

 plumage fulvous brown. The visible por- 

 tions of the closed wings are a clear buff 

 with a few narrow chestnut-brown bars ; 

 the first five quills of the wing are black, 

 the next five black tipped with white. 

 The middle tail-feathers are fulvous with 

 the prolonged portions black ; the others 

 more or less brown with pale fulvous tips. 

 The chest and upper breast are pinkish 

 buff followed by a narrow black band, and 

 the lower breast is yellowish buff turning 

 to chocolate-brown on the belly and the 

 sides of the body. The feathers under 

 the tail are creamy white. 



The female has the throat and the sides 

 of the head yellowish buff; the crown, the 

 whole neck, the upper part of the mantle, 

 the chest and the upper breast fulvous 

 streaked or spotted wtth black. The 

 remaining upper plumage and the visible 

 portions of the closed wings are fulvous 



