COW-PEN BIRD. 499 



Bill and feet brownish-black. Iris dark hazel. Head and neck 

 sooty brown, the general colour of the other parts is brownish-black, the 

 fore part of the breast glossed with blue, the upper parts with green and 

 blue reflections. 



Length 7 inches, extent of wings 11| ; bill along the ridge -^5 along 

 the gap 1^, tarsus 1^, middle toe 1^. 



Adult Female. Plate XCIX. Fig. 2. 



The female is somewhat less than the male. BiU, eyes, and feet of 

 the same colour as the male. The general colour of the plumage is 

 dusky brown, resembling that of the head and neck of the male, the 

 under parts somewhat lighter, as are the tips of the quills and larger 

 wing-coverts. 



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