APPENDIX. OLD 
where it is separated by the terminal portion of the 
crest, which is dark blue; lower part of the hind 
neck, a small space on the fore neck, and the sides 
of the body, undulated with lines of black and 
white; lower portion of the fore neck and upper 
part of the breast reddish-brown, distinctly marked 
with round spots of brownish-black ; abdomen yel- 
lowish-white, faintly undulated with dusky; a patch 
of black under the tail; outer tail-feathers buff, im- 
ner white, with a large spot of black on the inner 
webs; tail brown, margined with whitish, the outer 
feathers greenish-black ; upper parts brown, faintly 
undulated with black and white, on the fore part of 
the back; outer scapulars similar, with a portion of 
their outer webs black; lesser wing-coverts brown- 
ash; greater coverts tipped with reddish-cream 5 
the first five secondaries velvety-black ; the next five 
bright green, forming the speculum, which is 
bounded above by pale reddish-buff, and on each 
side by deep black; before the wing a transverse, 
broad white band. 
Female smaller; head and neck streaked with 
brownish-white and dusky, darker on the upper 
part of the head; lower parts reddish-brown, the 
feathers margined with dusky, upper parts dusky- 
brown, the feathers margined and spotted with pale 
reddish-white, without the chestnut red and the 
green on the head ; the black patch is wanting, as is 
the white band before the wings, the conspicuous 
spot on the wings is less extensive. Its short and 
narrow bill is at all times a strong specific character ; 
