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tail also very long, and remarkably forked, consisting of twelve 

 feathers, all black, glossed with green and purple; several of 

 the tertials white or edged with white, but generally covered 

 by the scapulars; inner vanes of the secondaries white on their 

 upper half, black towards their points; lining of the wings white; 

 legs yellow, short and thick, and feathered before, half way be- 

 low the knee; claws much curved, whitish; outer claw very 

 small. The greater part of the plumage is white at the base; 

 and when the scapulars are a little displaced, they appear spot- 

 ted with white. 



This was a male in perfect plumage. The colour and mark- 

 ings of the male and female are nearly alike. 



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