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fact that there is no gaudy color in his raiment. 

 His head and neck are jet black, with a broad 

 half-encircling band of white from beneath the 

 throat and chin running up on each cheek just 

 behind the eye, and usually a touch of white on 

 his eyelids. The upper parts are gra^^sh 

 brown shading off from the black of the lower 

 neck with each feather a trifle lighter on its 

 edges. The rump black ; the upper tail coverts 

 snowy white, standing out in beautiful contrast 

 between the rump and the tail feathers, which 

 are also jet black. Below, the same color as 

 above, but of lighter shade, the gray breast 

 growing lighter still toward the lower parts, the 

 crissum being pure white. The iris is brown; 

 bill and feet black. His length is from thirty- 

 six to thirty-nine inches, and the spread of his 

 wings may exceed five feet. The female is 

 marked like the male, and save for a somewhat 

 brownish tone in the blacks she is exactly simi- 

 lar to her mate. 



