80 HISTORY OF 



The males and females are very unlike in the marking of 

 their plumage. The male has the chin, throat, fore part of the 

 neck, and collar, black ; a black stripe passes from the collar 

 down the neck to the back, which is also black ; head, sides, 

 the upper and back part of the neck to the collar, white ; fore- 

 head and nape of the neck with a band of green, that on the 

 nape terminating with a black spot on each side ; a black irre- 

 gular patch behind the eyes, with a narrow band proceeding 

 from it round the orbits ; breast and sides, bright ferruginous ; 

 vent, black ; tail, black, or dark brown, with the edges of the 

 feathers lighter ; wing coverts, white, with the tips, and a bar 

 about the centre of them, black ; quills, deep brown, approach- 

 ing to black ; humeral spot, black ; scapulars, black, edged 

 with lighter, and long. The female is of a brown colour, 

 varied with lighter brown ; having the secondaries and great 

 coverts tipped with white ; irides, brown ; bill and legs, black ; 

 length, fifteen inches. 



