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respect different, its range extends over both portions of that 

 continent. 



PLATE 48*. represents the male and female of the natural 

 size. 



Head and upper part of the neck deep hair-brown, glossed General 

 with duck-green. Lower part of the neck, breast, sea- tion. 

 pulars, and sides of the rump, white. Back blackish- Male. 

 brown ; the feathers being margined with grey, and 

 glossed with green. Lesser wing-coverts, and outer 

 webs of some of the larger scapulars, bright greyish- 

 blue. Larger coverts having white tips, and forming 

 a bar across the wings. Speculum rich duck-green. 

 Tertials long and acuminate, of a rich purplish-black ; 

 the central parts of the feathers having a white streak. 

 Quills hair-brown. Tail, with the middle feathers, 

 hair-brown, edged with white ; the outer ones entirely 

 white. Upper and under tail-coverts black, glossed 

 with duck-green. Belly and abdomen rich orange- 

 brown, with zigzag lines of black upon the flanks and 

 vent. Legs orange-red. Bill about three inches long, 

 brownish-black, large, and dilated at the end. 



The whole of the upper parts of the body deep clove- Female. 

 brown ; the feathers being barred and margined with 

 reddish- white. Lesser wing-coverts similar to those of 

 the male. Under parts pale reddish-brown. 



The male bird, towards the end of summer, has the 

 cheeks, sides of the neck, and throat, reddish-white, 

 speckled with hair-brown. Crown of the head, and 

 nape of the neck black, with the feathers margined paler, 

 and slightly glossed with green. Back and scapulars 

 deep clove-brown, margined with pale yellowish-brown. 

 Breast a mixture of yellowish-brown and reddish- white ; 

 the feathers having circular bars and spots of black. Un- 

 der tail-coverts yellowish- white, with lanceolate streaks 

 of hair-brown. Belly and abdomen a mixture of yel- 

 lowish and orange- coloured brown. 



