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olive-green, with a russet tinge, closely 

 barred across with black. A band under 

 the eye is black. The sides of the 

 face, the throat, the upper part of the 

 foreneck and a broad collar round the 

 neck are pale chestnut. The lower fore- 

 neck and the upper part of the mantle are 

 plain black, and the patch on the sides of 

 the breast are nearly uniform black. The 

 chief difference, however, lies in the female 

 having the outermost scapular feathers very 

 narrow, pointed, and pure white. 



The young birds of both sexes resemble 

 the male in plumage, but the females may be 

 known at all ages by the presence of some 

 white scapular feathers. Females in every 

 phase of plumage between that of the 

 male and that of the adult female are very 

 common in collections. The plumage of 

 the male hardly varies at all from youth 

 to old age. 



In this species the female is rather 

 larger than the male. The length of the 

 male is about 10; wing about 5; tail 

 about i|; bill about if. The bill and 

 legs are olive-brown ; the i rides are brown. 

 The bill is subject to considerable varia- 

 tion in colour. Weight up to about 

 6J oz. The tail is composed of fourteen 

 ordinary feathers. 



