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PrareE 30. Figs. 1. and 2. The male and female in summer. 
Bill red at the base, the other part lemen-yellow. Fore- eeu 
head, eye-streaks, chin, and throat, deep smoke-grey. i ; 
Crown of the head deep brown, the feathers being mar- 
gined with yellowish-brown, and speckled with white. 
Sides of the neck, breast, and under parts pale oil-green, 
tinged with grey; with transverse bars and spots of 
white, surrounded by a narrow list of black. Mantle, 
shoulders, and scapulars black, the feathers being deep- 
ly edged with oil-green, and marbled with white, sur- 
rounded by a narrow list of black. Wing-coverts oil- 
green, tinged with yellowish-brown, and with white 
spots, surrounded by a line of black. Lower part of 
back, and upper tail-coverts black, edged with white 
and pale oil-green. Under tail-coverts yellowish-white. 
Quills hair-brown, tinged with oil-green, with the outer 
web of the first quill-feather white. Legs wax-yellow. 
The young have the upper parts of a deeper oil-green, Young 
and the white more dispersed in the form of small spots. ae 
Eyebrows deep grey, with numerous white specks. 
Cheeks, chin, and throat greyish-white, with a few 
darker specks. Lower part of the neck and the breast 
oil-green, tinged with grey, and with small spots of 
white. Belly and abdomen greyish-white. Quills deep 
hair-brown. Legs deep oil-green, tinged with grey. 
Bill dirty saffron-yellow at the base, the tip brown. 
