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crown chestnut. A large patch behind 

 the eye, covering the ears and extending 

 to the hinder part of the crest, is metallic 

 green. The sides of the head, below 

 the eye and the green patch, are bright 

 coppery bronze. The chin, the throat, 

 and the upper part of the foreneck are 

 white ; this colour continued round the 

 neck and forming a collar ; below this, 

 a broad black collar glossed with green ; 

 and below this again, a narrower white 

 collar. The mantle, back, and the shorter 

 scapulars are beautifully marked with 

 alternating black and white wavy . lines, 

 parallel to the margins of the feathers. 

 The longer scapulars are creamy white, 

 very finely vermiculated with black, a 

 few of the feathers also broadly edged 

 with black, forming a conspicuous black 

 patch on the closed wing. The lower 

 back and the rump are chocolate-brown. 

 The upper tail-coverts are deep black at 

 the sides ; buff, vermiculated with black, 

 in the middle. The tail-feathers are pale 

 brown tipped paler. The upper wing- 

 coverts are grey, turning to whitish on 

 the lower series, the feathers of which are 

 usually tipped with buff. The outer webs 

 and the tips of the inner webs of the 

 primaries are brown, the remainder of the 



