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The young are at first covered with white down, tinged 

 with light sand-colour; iris, bluish black: when fully fledged, 

 the bill is light bluish grey, tipped with yellowish grey or 

 horn-colour; cere, pale greenish blue; iris, dusky, tinged with 

 grey. Head, light brownish red, streaked with blackish 

 brown. At the first moult the bluish grey appears mixed 

 with the red in the male, and becomes more pure as the 

 bird advances in age. Neck on the sides, pale yellowish 

 red streaked with dark brown; nape, as the head; chin, 

 throat, and breast, pale yellowish red streaked with dark 

 brown. Back, light red, but of a deeper shade than in the 

 old birds each feather crossed with dark brown bands. 

 Greater and lesser wing coverts, dark brown, tipped and spotted 

 with red; primaries, reddish brown, tipped with light red, and 

 spotted with the same on the inner webs ; secondaries, spotted 

 on the outer webs and barred on the inner with red. The 

 tail, light red, barred on the inner webs with eight bands of 

 brown, the end one being three quarters of an inch in width; 

 the tip dull reddish white, underneath it is light reddish 

 yellow. At the first moult the bluish grey tint appears in 

 the male, and the bars on both webs. The legs and toes 

 light yellow; the feathers light reddish yellow some of them 

 with a dusky line in the centre. Claws, brownish black, the 

 tips being paler. 



The dark markings become smaller as the bird advances in 

 age: those on the outer webs of the tail wear off first: those 

 on the inner webs continue for two years. The female alters 

 but little, assuming in a faint degree the greyish blue tint on 

 those feathers which are of that colour in the male the tail 

 always remains barred. 



