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Tertials having their inner webs deep grey, the outer 
ones velvet-black, margined with pure white. Smaller 
wing-coverts, next to the shoulders, grey, finely pow- 
dered with white, the others pure white. The greater 
coverts with velvet-black tips. Speculum glossy duck- 
green in the centre, with the lower part and tips of the 
feathers black. Quills pale hair-brown. Belly and ab- 
domen white. Under and side tail-coverts black, glossed 
with green. Tail brown, tinged with grey; the feathers 
sharp-pointed, and the two middle ones longer than the 
rest. Legs and toes bluish-grey. 
In summer, the head and neck become spotted all over 
with black. The breast also, and sides of the body, ac- 
quire a reddish-brown colour, with darker bars and lines 
upon the latter. Back and scapulars mottled and varied 
with reddish-brown and dusky feathers in large bars, 
and others with fine black and white zigzag lines. Un- 
der tail-coverts white, with reddish-brown bars. 
Fig. 2. the Female-—Head and neck yellowish-brown, Female. 
thickly covered with blackish-brown spots and specks. 
Upper parts of the body greyish-black, the feathers be- 
ing margined with greyish-white and yellowish-brown. 
Breast, belly, and abdomen white. Flanks yellowish- 
brown. Under tail-coverts white, spotted with black- 
ish-brown. Legs and bill deep bluish-grey. 
The young of both sexes resemble the adult female, but 
the tints are darker and not so distinct. 
