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male, differs further from him in wanting the spurs and pendulous wat- 

 tles, in having the frontal papilla much smaller, the naked space of the 

 neck less, and the colours much duller, although similar in distribution . 

 The naked parts of the head and neck are more furnished with bi'istly 

 feathers, and are of a light blue colour, with reddish tints interspersed. 

 The bill, the eyes, and the feet, are of the same colour as in the male, 

 the latter considerably paler. There is a line of short bristly dark-co- 

 loured feathers down the back of the neck. The general colour of the 

 upper and under parts is greyish-brown, with metallic bronzed reflec- 

 tions, each feather terminated by a band of black. On the lower back 

 the brown tints become brighter, and on the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 change into bright chestnut, with transverse bands of brown. The 

 ground colour of the tail is pale yellowish-brown, transversely barred 

 and mottled as in the male, and with a broad subterminal band of brown- 

 ish-black, beyond which the feathers are mottled, and finally terminated 

 by uniform light brown. The abdominal region is dull brownish-grey. 

 The primary quills are greyish-white, barred with brownish-black ; the 

 secondaries brownish-grey, similarly barred. The wing-coverts are si- 

 milar to the feathers of the back. 



Length 3 feet 1 inch, extent of wings 4 feet 6 inches ; bill 1 inch 

 along the ridge, 1| along the gap ; tarsus 6 ; middle toe 3 J, hind toe 1^, 

 pectoral appendage 4 inches. 



The young, a few days old, are pale brownish-yellow above, pale yel- 

 lowish-grey beneath, the top of the head brighter, marked in the middle 

 with a longitudinal pale brown band, the back and wings spotted with 

 brownish-black, excepting the lesser wing-coverts, which are uniformly 

 didl brown. Iris yellowish-brown ; bill and feet flesh-coloured. 



