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thefe feathers is tipped with pale afh or dove-colour. The interior remiges 

 or fecondaries are marked in the fame manner with a fpeculum of deep, 

 lucid, blue-green, like that of a duck : the tips of thefe feathers are brown. 



The tail is lead-coloured, or blueifh, and marked near the end with a 

 blackifh bar. The fides of the neck and under parts of the body are of a 

 blueilh lead-colour, but the breaft has a ftrong caft of vinaceous. The fore- 

 head is yellowifh-white. From the beak thro' the eyes runs a ftreak of brown; 

 and a whitifli mark is vifible on each fide the head. The bill and legs 

 are red. 



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