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the eye is a narrow circle of biack, inclining also forwards 

 and backwards, forming a spot on the back of the head. 

 Head on the sides, crown, and the neck on the upper part, 

 white, forming a collar which is only infringed on by the 

 blackish brown of the chin. There is another pale green spot 

 at the back of the head. The nape below the white is 

 black, and this colour also comes round the neck. Chin and 

 throat, rich blackish brown; breast above, white, on the middle 

 and lower part rich chesnut brown, darker on the latter, 

 passing into buff in front and on the sides just below the 

 point of the wing. Back, all along the middle part, black; 

 there is a black patch formed by the tips of the otherwise- 

 white feathers. 



Just above the joint of the wing is a black spot with 

 green reflections; lesser wing coverts, white; primaries, dusky 

 blackish brown; secondaries, partly white, the outer web 

 metallic blue, forming the speculum the end portion white. 

 The tertiaries are long and pointed, white on the inner webs, 

 rich blue on the outer, and curved downwards, as are the 

 long scapulars, which are also marked like the four upper 

 tertiaries, namely, the narrow inner webs white, and the broader 

 outer ones rich blackish metallic blue, and the shaft streak 

 white. Tail, dusky blackish brown, and rather more pointed 

 than in others of this genus; upper tail coverts, black, with 

 a tint of blue; under tail coverts, dark brownish black. Legs 

 and toes, olive green the hind toe has a deep lobe; webs, 

 olive green. 



The female has the bill olive black, the tooth yellow horn- 

 colour; greater wing coverts, dusky olive brown, tipped with 

 white; lesser wing coverts, dusky olive brown; primaries, dusky; 

 the secondaries also tipped with white, thus forming two bars 

 across the wing, between which is the speculum of rich chesnufe 

 colour. Of the tertiaries the three longest are dusky. Tail, 

 dusky. Legs and toes, pale bluish ; claws, black; webs, blackish. 



