AVES PLATALEID^. 



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Back : Mantle white, with a decided rosy tinge. Lower back and rump, 

 pale rose color ; the upper back deeper rose, each feather terminating in a 

 broad area of deep rose or carmine approaching crimson in tone. 



Fig. 183. 



Ajaja ajaja. 8656. Male. Princeton University Collection. About y^ natural size. 



Tail : Rectrices with deep rose shafts, the outer webs clearly saffron, 

 this color shading on the inner webs to pink on their inner margins. 



Fig. 184. 



Ajaja ajaja. 8656. Male. Princeton University Collection. ^ natural size. 



Wings : Quills rosy, the primaries with deep pink shafts, as have also 

 the secondaries and longer scapulars. The bend of the wing with the 

 feathers silky in character and shading into deep carmine almost crimson 

 in tone. 



