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white line from the base of the upper mandible, 
passing over the eye; a broader band of the same 
color behind the eye, both bands mingling with the 
long feathers on the occiput; throat and upper 
portion of the fore neck pure white, a band of the 
same color inclining towards the eye; a similar band 
on the sides of the neck, nearly meeting on the 
nape; lower portion of the neck reddish-purple, the 
fore part marked with triangular spots of white; 
breast and abdomen dull white; sides of the body 
yellowish-grey, undulated with black; the feathers 
towards the ends marked with a broad band of black, 
succeeded by a band of white; tips black; tail and 
upper tail-coverts greenish-black ; lower tail-coverts 
brown; sides of the rump dull reddish-purple ; 
rump, back, and middle portions of the hind neck, 
dark reddish-brown, tinged with green; a broad 
white band before the wings, terminating with 
black; lesser wing-coverts and primaries brown, 
most of the latter with a portion of their outer 
webs silvery white; the inner webs glossed with 
green towards the ends; secondaries tipped with 
white; their webs blue, glossed with green; the 
inner webs brown, their crowns violet-blue ; secon- 
daries black. 
Female, upper part of the head dusky, glossed 
with green ; sides of the head, upper portion of the 
sides of the neck, with the nape, greyish-brown; a 
white patch behind the eye; throat white, the 
bands on the sides of the neck faintly developed ; 
fore part and sides of the neck, with the sides of the 
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