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and the space between them, black ; the feathers below the 

 neck edged with reddish brown ; the feathers covering the 

 anterior bend of each wing red, the lesser wing-coverts 

 orange yellow and bounding the red ; wings and tail 

 black, the greater coverts edged with buffy brown ; the 

 tail rounded in form, the outer three feathers on each side 

 being graduated ; all the under surface of the body black ; 

 legs, toes, and claws, shining black. 



The specimen killed at Shepherd's Bush is the older 

 male bird of the two, and has lost all the bufiy margins 

 from the feathers of the back, scapulars, and greater wing- 

 coverts ; the whole of the plumage, except that on the bend 

 of the wing, being of one uniform glossy black. 



The whole length of the male is nine inches ; the wing 

 from the anterior bend four inches and a half. 



Mr. Audubon describes the female as much smaller, with 

 upper parts dark brown, the feathers edged with light 

 brown ; some of the smaller wing-coverts tinged with red ; 

 wings and tail blackish brown, the feathers margined with 

 brownish red, the first row of small coverts and secondary 

 coverts narrowly tipped with whitish ; a yellowish band 

 over the eye ; lower parts longitudinally streaked with 

 dusky whitish, the fore neck strongly tinged with dull 

 carmine. The young similar to the female, but without 

 red on the small wing-coverts or throat, the latter part, with 

 the sides of the head, being pale yellowish brown. 



