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on the throat centred with dusky blue; crown and hind-head a 

 fine pale blue, intermixed with purple, the plumage like that 

 on the throat strongly denned; back cinereous brown, the sca- 

 pulars deeply tinged with pale purple, and marked with detach- 

 ed drops of glossy blue, reflecting tints of purple; belly pale 

 vinaceous brown, becoming dark cinereous towards the vent, 

 where the feathers are bordered with white; wing quills dusky 

 outwardly and at the tips; lower sides, and whole interior vanes, 

 a fine red chestnut, which shows itself a little below their cov- 

 erts; tail rounded, consisting of twelve feathers, the two middle 

 ones cinereous brown, the rest black, tipt and edged with white; 

 legs and feet yellow. 



The female has the back and tail-coverts of a mouse colour, 

 with little or none of the vinaceous tint on the breast and throat, 

 nor any of the light blue on the hind-head; the throat is speck- 

 led with dull white, pale clay colour, and dusky; sides of the 

 neck the same, the plumage strongly defined; breast cinereous 

 brown, slightly tinctured with purple; scapulars marked with 

 large drops of a dark purplish blood colour, reflecting tints of 

 blue; rest of the plumage nearly the same as that of the male. 



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