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Tertials having their inner webs deep grey, the outer 

 ones velvet-black, margined with pure white. Smaller 

 wing-coverts, next to the shoulders, grey, finely pow- 

 dered with white, the others pure white. The greater 

 coverts with velvet-black tips. Speculum glossy duck- 

 green in the centre, with the lower part and tips of the 

 feathers black. Quills pale hair-brown. Belly and ab- 

 domen white. Under and side tail-coverts black, glossed 

 with green. Tail brown, tinged with grey; the feathers 

 sharp-pointed, and the two middle ones longer than the 

 rest. Legs and toes bluish-grey. 



In summer, the head and neck become spotted all over 

 with black. The breast also, and sides of the body, ac- 

 quire a reddish-brown colour, with darker bars and lines 

 upon the latter. Back and scapulars mottled and varied 

 with reddish-brown and dusky feathers in large bars, 

 and others with fine black and white zigzag lines. Un- 

 der tail-coverts white, with reddish-brown bars. 



Fig. 2. the Female. Head and neck yellowish-brown, Female, 

 thickly covered with blackish-brown spots and specks. 

 Upper parts of the body greyish-black, the feathers be- 

 ing margined with greyish- white and yellowish-brown. 

 Breast, belly, and abdomen white. Flanks yellowish- 

 brown. Under tail-coverts white, spotted with black- 

 ish-brown. Legs and bill deep bluish-grey. 



The young of both sexes resemble the adult female, but 

 the tints are darker and not so distinct. 



