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green, changing to blue and bronze, with a narrow line of white 

 along their terminal margin ; the inner greenish-black on the 

 outer web, greenish-brown on the inner, with a central line and 

 narrow external margin of pale reddish-bufF; the more elongated 

 scapulars similar, but some of them margined with greenish- 

 blue. Secondary coverts brown, with their terminal portion 

 M'hile. Tail feathers chocolate-brown, slightly glossed with 

 green ; their margins huffy. The lower parts are pale reddish- 

 orange, shaded on the breast with purplish-red, and thickly 

 spotted with black, the number of roundish or elliptical spots on 

 each feather varying from ten to twenty-five ; those on the upper 

 and hind parts of the sides running into transverse bars. Axil- 

 lary feathers, some of the lower wing-coverts, and a patch on the 

 side of the rump, pure white ; lower tail coverts brownish-black. 



" Length to end of tail, 16 inches ; to end of claws, 141 ; to 

 end of wings, 14| ; extent of wings, 31| ; wing from flexure, 

 TyV ; tail, 3/2 ; bill along the back, 1| ; from frontal process to 

 tip, Ik; tarsus, IfV; fi"rst toe and claw, y% ; middle toe and 

 claw, HI ; outer toe and claw, ly^ ; weight, 12^oz. 



" Adult Female. 



" Bill greenish-dusky. Iris hazel. Feet of a duller yellow 

 than those of female ; the head and neck are pale, dull buff, lon- 

 gitudinally marked with brownish-black lines, which are broader 

 and darker on the top of the head ; the fore-parts of the cheek 

 and the throat whitish, without markings. The upper parts are 

 dark brown, the feathers margined with brownish-white. The 

 smaller wing-coverts colored as in the male, but less brilliantly ; 

 no blue on the scapulars, which are also less elongated. On the 

 lower parts, the feathers are dusky-brown, broadly margined 

 with light brownish-gray, of which there is a streak or spot in 

 the centre. The axillary feathers, and some of the lower wing- 

 coverts are white, but the patch of that color, so conspicuous in 

 the male, is wanting. 



" Length to end of tail, 15 inches ; to end of wings, 14| ; 

 to end of claws, 15 J ; extent of wings, 24 ; wing from flexure, 

 7j ; tail, 2t^ ; bill along the ridge, 2y-2 ; weight, 10|oz. 



