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to tip of the expanded wings. The cere and legs are yellow; 

 bill blue, tipt with black; space round the eye greenish blue; 

 iris deep dusky; head bluish ash; crown rufous; seven spots of 

 black, on a white ground, surround the head in the manner re- 

 presented in the figure; whole upper parts reddish bay, trans- 

 versely streaked with black; primary and secondary quills 

 black, spotted on their inner vanes with brownish white; whole 

 lower parts yellowish white, marked with longitudinal streaks 

 of brown, except the chin, vent and femoral feathers, which 

 are white; claws black. 



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