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extremities of the wings at their full extension, 

 two feet all but an inch, that of the wings nine 

 inches; to conclude, that of the tail six inches; 

 it measures more than fifteen lines with its wings 

 folded, or in a state of repose. 



The feathers on the top of the head are black in 

 the middle, and reddish in the other parts; those 

 of the sides of the head are variegated with gray, 

 black, and red, excepting those below the eyes, 

 which are black, with a gray spot at the posterior 

 angle of each eye. All the upper part of the body 

 is of a reddish brown, with transversal rays of black. 

 The throat is covered with gray feathers, and al- 

 most entirely fringed. The upper part of the sto- 

 mach is reddish, with black and longitudinal spots. 

 The remainder of the under part of the body is 

 gray tinged with red. The feathers of the legs 

 are of the same colour, but their stem and their 

 extremities are black, which form a sort of tears of 

 this colour. The upper part of the wings is va- 

 riegated with brown, gray, white, and a reddish 

 hue. The tail is of the same colour with the 

 back, but is striped transversely with black. The 

 beak is gray towards its base, and blark through 

 all the remainder. The iris is the colour of a 

 hazel-nut ; the skin around the eyes, the tarsus, 

 and the toes is yellow, like that of the basis of the 

 beak ; to conclude, the claws are black. 



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