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oblong patch, the upper part of which is blackish rusty brown, 

 and the lower yellowish brown; nape, white; chin and throat, 

 white; breast above, deep chocolate blackish brown, below 

 white, the sides tinged with grey. Back on the upper part, 

 dark chocolate brown, on the lower black. 



Greater wing coverts, dusky; lesser wing coverts, chocolate 

 brown; primaries, dusky; the speculum yellowish brown with 

 the edge lighter; tertiaries, white. Tail, chocolate brown, 

 except the two long middle feathers, which are dusky, and 

 the outer ones, which are white; upper tail coverts, blackish 

 on the middle part, that is, the four central feathers, and 

 white on the sides, the remaining ones brown deeply margined 

 with white, except the outermost, which are entirely white. 

 The two middle feathers are narrow in shape, and three 

 inches and a half longer than the others, in all nine inches 

 in length; under tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, greenish 

 or yellowish ash grey colour; the inner toes and the small 

 ones behind are margined with small lateral webs; claws, 

 black; webs, blackish. 



The female has the bill blackish grey, the upper mandible 

 orange yellow across the middle. Head on the front and 

 sides, greyish white, on the back cinereous; crown, dark 

 purple brown, as is a patch towards the back of the side 

 of the head; neck, dull white; chin and throat, dark purple 

 brown; breast above, deep reddish brown, the edges of the 

 feathers darker, below white; back, dusky brownish black. 

 Greater and lesser wing coverts, margined with brownish 

 yellow and greyish white. Tail, purple brown. Legs and 

 toes, grey, the joints darker; webs, dark grey. 



Sir William Jardine states that there is an extraordinary 

 variation in the summer and winter dress of this bird. In 

 a specimen procured in summer the forehead and sides of 

 the head, brown; crown, black; back of the head, white; 

 neck, deep black, a few white feathers on the front; chin, 

 white; breast, deep black, the sides white. Back on the 

 upper part, black, with broad margins of reddish brown, and 

 a few white feathers intermixed; on the lower part, deep 

 brownish black. The secondaries have the outer webs tinted 

 with reddish brown, forming an indistinct speculum. Tail, 

 deep brownish black; upper tail coverts, deep brownish black; 

 under tail coverts, white. 



He adds, in winter the bill is black at the base, the tooth 

 black, behind it is a deep band of lake red; the forehead and 



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