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border. The quills of the wing are 

 mottled with pale buff on the outer web, 

 but the inner web is almost plain brown, 

 there being only a few buff marks on the 

 edge farthest from the shaft. 



Length of male about 27 ; wing about 

 io| ; tail about io|. The sides of the 

 head are red ; the horns blue, and the 

 gular flap purple in the middle, spotted 

 and edged with pale blue and fleshy on 

 the sides. Length of female about 23 ; 

 wing about 9^ ; tail about 9. In both 

 sexes the legs are greyish or flesh-colour 

 and the irides brown. The weight is up 

 to 4 Ih. 



