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a gloss of green and purple finely powdered or speckled with 

 reddish brown. 



The wings have the first quaM feather the longest; greater 

 wing coverts, white at the base, forming a bar across the 

 wing, and otherwise rather light dusky brown, glossed with 

 green and purple, and finely speckled with reddish brown; 

 lesser wing coverts, rather light dusky brown, glossed with 

 green and purple, and finely speckled with reddish brown; 

 primaries, dusky blackish brown glossed with green, part of 

 the inner webs white, and the bases; secondaries, black at 

 the ends, the remainder, including the speculum, white, below 

 it a black band edged with greyish white; tertiaries, dusky 

 brown glossed with green and purple, finely speckled with 

 reddish brown. The tail, of fourteen feathers, is dusky brownish 

 black, with a faint tinge of ferruginous it is slightly wedge- 

 shaped; upper tail coverts, dusky ferruginous black, which 

 colour comes downwards on the sides, distinctly contrasting 

 with the white of these parts; under tail coverts, white, 

 shewing a triangular-shaped spot. Legs and toes, which are 

 rather large, dusky brownish grey, the middle toe is rather 

 longer than the outer one; claws, black; webs, dusky. 



In the summer change of plumage the male resembles the 

 female, but is somewhat brighter-plumaged, the spots not so 

 large, and more on the white of the breast. 



The female, rather less in size than the male, and her 

 colours less pure, especially the chesriut and white on the 

 breast, has the bill blackish grey; iris, not so distinctly white; 

 head, crown, and neck, dark brown, with edgings of reddish 

 or chesnut brown to the feathers, the sides of the head the 

 brightest coloured; the ring round the neck is indistinct; the 

 white on the chin is less extended than in the male. The 

 breast above, brown, the feathers margined with pale chesnut 

 brown, lower down mottled all over with dusky and pale 

 brown, below white, on the sides and flanks yellowish brown; 

 back above, deep glossy dusky brown, with paler edgings to 

 the feathers, below dull white. The ridge of the wings is 

 white; primaries, greenish black at the ends, light-coloured 

 towards the base; secondaries, white, tipped with greenish 

 black, thus exhibiting the speculum. Tail, blackish brown; 

 the upper tail coverts do not descend to the sides with the 

 black markings; under tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, 

 blackish grey. 



The young is of duller tints, the upper parts being of two 



