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adult male has the beak bluish;* irides greyish 

 white: round the base of the beak, and a streak 

 from the gape to the eye, black ; forehead yellowish 

 white ; back of the head, cheeks and ear- coverts 

 yellowish brown ; a collar round the back of the 

 neck grey ; back and scapulars dark reddish brown ; 

 rump and tail-coverts yellowish brown ; the lesser 

 wing-coverts are generally black, but a few are white, 

 forming, with some of the greater wing-coverts 

 (which are white also), a largish white patch on the 

 wing : the rest of the greater wing-coverts nearest 

 the body are dull yellowish brown ; primary quills 

 black, with a patch of white on the inner web; 

 secondaries black also, but beautifully glossed with 

 blue, as are some of the primaries nearest the body 

 (some of these feathers are very peculiarly shaped, 

 having a sort of hook at the end of the narrow outer 

 web) ; some of the tertials nearest the body are 

 yellowish brown ; tail has the basal half, and a long 

 strip of the outer web of each feather, black, the rest 

 white, tinged with brown on the outer web ; throat 

 black ; the rest of the under parts brownish fawn- 

 colour ; legs, toes and claws pale wood-brown. The 

 female is not so distinctly marked as the male ; the 

 secondary quills are rather broadly margined with 



* Mr. Doubleday, in the paper above alluded to, says 

 the beak in winter is pinkish horn, but becomes deep blue in 



the breeding-season. 



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