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feathers ; the under tail-coverts barred with the 

 same colour; the axillary feathers pure white, 

 clouded with hair-brown; bill and legs appear 

 to have been blackish-green, the length of the 

 naked space above . the tarsal joint fully seven- 

 eighths of an inch. 



In the Singapore specimens, and those from the 

 Indian islands, the colour above is much more uni- 

 form, but this may be caused from the European 

 specimen having been killed in summer ; there is 

 also little marking on the breast, that part being 

 of a uniform shade ; the axillary feathers show a 

 greater disposition to have the markings; the 

 centre tail-feathers show a slight difference of 

 appearance and marking, and the naked space, 

 above the tarsal joint, is in length scarcely five- 

 eighths of an inch. We do not perceive much 

 difference in the markings of the secondary quill- 

 feathers. Dr. Horsfield states, " it differs princi- 

 pally in the marks of the secondary quill-feathers, 

 and in the lower continuation of the covering of 

 the tibiae." Additional comparisons of birds, from 

 all the localities given, should still be made* 



