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a narrow black band, above with a broad band of 

 the same color ; rest part of the head wood-brown ; 

 lateral toes connected by a membrane as far as the 

 first joint ; inner toes, about half that distance. 

 Adult male with the bill flesh color at base, anterior 

 to the nostrils black ; a line of black commences at 

 the base of the upper mandible, passes back to the 

 eye, curving downward on the sides of the neck ; a 

 band on the fore part of the head pure white ; fore 

 part of crown, black ; occiput, wood-brown ; chin, 

 throat, and fore neck, passing round on the hind 

 neck, pure white ; directly below, on the lower por- 

 tion of the neck, a broad band of black; upper 

 plumage, wood-brown ; primaries, blackish-brown ; 

 shafts, white blackish-brown at their tips ; secon- 

 daries slightly edged with white on the inner webs ; 

 outer webs, nearest to the shafts, an elongated spot 

 of white ; wing-coverts wood-brown ; secondary 

 coverts broadly tipped with white ; breast, abdo- 

 men, sides, and lower tail-coverts, pure white ; tail 

 brown, lighter at the base ; outer feathers white 

 the rest broadly tipped with white, excepting the 

 middle pair, which are slightly tipped with the 

 same. Female similar, with the upper part of the 

 head and the band on the neck brown. Length, 

 seven inches and a quarter; wing five." Giraud. 



