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HISTORY OF 



is a black edging; scapulars, black, slightly edged with ferru- 

 ginous; quills, black, edged with lighter; tail, dark cinereous, 

 lighter on the margin ; outer tail feathers, as in the other 

 states of plumage ; bill, black ; legs, greenish brown ; length, 

 about five and a half inches ; length of bill from rictus, eight 

 and a half lines ; length of tarsus, eight lines. 



