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black velvet spot. The lower mantle and 

 lower breast are rich maroon with similar 

 black spots. The back and rump are 

 pale blue, each feather with a narrow white 

 fringe. The closed wings are maroon 

 with two broad white bands and a broader 

 intermediate bluish-black band. The first 

 ten quills of the wing are dark brown on 

 the inner web, rufous on the outer; all 

 the other quills of the wing tipped with a 

 double bar, the first of which is black 

 and the other or terminal portion white. 

 The lower plumage below the breast is 

 rich maroon and the feathers under the 

 tail are black. The two outer tail-feathers 

 are black mottled with grey at their base ; 

 the next pair is black mottled with grey 

 and with a broad black tip ; the next four 

 pairs are grey barred with black ; the 

 middle pair is grey with eight bars, the 

 first four of which are black followed by a 

 more or less indistinct band of chestnut, 

 and the last four are more or less chestnut 

 with a median narrow black band. 



The general colour of the female is 

 brown ; the upper plumage much blotched 

 with black and each feather of the mantle 

 with a triangular white mark ; the feathers 

 of the lower plumage fringed paler. The 

 first ten quills of the wing are barred with 



