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first ten quills of the wing are brown 

 with darker shafts. The chin and throat 

 are ferruginous, and the whole lower 

 plumage is reddish brown mottled and 

 vermiculated on almost every part with 

 dark brown. 



Length of male about 18; wing 8| ; 

 tail about 6|. Length of female about 

 1 6 ; wing nearly 8 ; tail less than 6. In 

 both sexes the legs are intense red, the 

 irides brown to reddish brown and the bill 

 black. In the male the bare parts of the 

 head are deep red, in the female yellow 

 carmine. Weight up to 20 oz. 



