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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, in- 

 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; 

 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 ; 



