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base of the upper mandible dull yellow, with the tips black ; the upper 

 part of the head glossy black ; over each eye is a band of white conti- 

 nuous with a transverse band of scarlet on the occiput ; a black band in 

 the loral space, continued behind the eye over the auriculars, and joining 

 the black of the hind neck ; beneath this black band is one of white, pro- 

 ceeding from the angle of the mouth and curving backward below the 

 middle of the neck, but without meeting its fellow ; this band is suc- 

 ceeded by another of black, proceeding from the base of the lower 

 mandible, and continuous with the black of the hind neck and shoulders. 

 All the upper parts are black, the quills tinged with brown ; but the 

 feathers along the middle of the back are largely tipped with white ; 

 the quills, excepting the inner three, are marked with small roundish 

 spots, of which there are five on the outer, and four on the inner web of 

 the four longest quills, while on the outer there is only an elongated 

 spot on the inner web, and on the next one spot on the outer and three 

 on the inner. The four middle tail-feathers are black, the next also 

 black, with a small part of the inner web, and a large portion of the 

 outer toward the end white ; the rest white, with the base black ; the 

 outermost small feather almost entirely white. The lower parts are 

 brownish-white. 



Length to end of tail 9 inches ; bill along the ridge 1^, along the 

 edge of lower mandible l^^^ ; wing from flexure 5^% ; tail 3^ ; tar- 

 sus if ; hind toe j\, its claw /^ ; second toe j%, its claw /g ; third 

 toe tf, its claw j\ ; fourth toe j\, its claw j\. 



Adult Female. Plate CCCCXVII. Fig. 9. 



The Female resembles the male, but wants the red occipital band. 



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