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which is the colour of the remaining under parts. 

 The back and scapular feathers are brownish-black, 

 glossed with purple, each feather being deeply mar- 

 gined with pale orange-brown. The rump, wings 

 (except the quills), and tail, are hair-brown ; the 

 feathers on the shoulders edged with greyish- white ; 

 greater coverts edged with pale rufous, and the long 

 tertials, of a deeper tint at the ends, are margined, 

 and have a second intermediate angular marking of 

 rufous-orange. The tail is tipped with rufous, and 

 also is clouded there with clove-brown ; the lateral 

 tail-coverts are white. This specimen stands nearly 

 ten inches high. In another specimen, shot on ; the 

 Pentland Hills in spring, and thought to be a fe- 

 male, though not dissected, the whole plumage has 

 a more rufous tint, and is more broken with brown 

 upon the head and back of the neck, but varies 

 remarkably in size, standing scarcely more than 

 se^en inches in height. 



