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respect different, its range extends over both portions of that 
continent. 
Prater 48*. represents the male and female of the natural 
size. 
Head and upper part of the neck deep hair-brown, glossed General 
: descrip- 
with duck-green. Lower part of the neck, breast, sca~ tion. 
pulars, and sides of the rump, white. Back blackish- Male. 
brown; the feathers being margined with grey, and 
glossed with green. Lesser wing-coverts, and outer 
webs of some of the larger scapulars, bright greyish- 
blue. Larger coverts having white tips, and forming 
a bar across the wings. Speculum rich duck-green. 
Tertials long and acuminate, of a rich purplish-black ; 
the central parts of the feathers having a white streak. 
Quills hair-brown. Tail, with the middle feathers, 
hair-brown, edged with white ; the outer ones entirely 
white. Upper and under tail-coverts black, glossed 
with duck-green. Belly and abdomen rich orange- 
brown, with zigzag lines of black upon the flanks and 
vent. Legs orange-red. Bill about three inches long, 
brownish-black, large, and dilated at the end. 
The whole of the upper parts of the body deep clove- Female. 
brown; the feathers being barred and margined with 
reddish-white. Lesser wing-coverts similar to those of 
the male. Under parts pale reddish-brown. 
The male bird, towards the end of summer, has the 
cheeks, sides of the neck, and throat, reddish-white, 
speckled with hair-brown. Crown of the head, and 
nape of the neck black, with the feathers margined paler, 
and slightly glossed with green. Back and scapulars 
deep clove-brown, margined with pale yellowish-brown. 
Breast a mixture of yellowish-brown and reddish-white ; 
the feathers having circular bars and spots of black. Un- 
der tail-coverts yellowish-white, with lanceolate streaks 
of hair-brown. Belly and abdomen a mixture of yel- 
lowish and orange-coloured brown. 
