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head and cheeks advance far into the base, so 

 as to form two very sharp angles ; the forehead 

 is of a full velvet black ; from the bill to the 

 hind part of the head is a broad black bar, pass- 

 ing across the eyes on each side ; on the hind 

 part of the neck, just beneath the ends of these ■ 



bars, is a broad pea-green mark, which looks like 

 a stain ; the crown of the head, the cheeks, the 

 neck, back, scapulars, and coverts of the wings, 

 are white; the lower part of the breast, the 

 belly, tail, and quil feathers, are black ; the legs 

 green. 



The female is of a reddish brown, barred Female. 

 transversely with black ; but the head and up- 

 per part of the neck are marked with dusky 

 streaks pointing downward ; the primary fea- 

 thers are black ; the greater or last row of the 

 coverts of the wing, and the lesser row of quil 

 feathers are tipt with white; the tail is dusky ; the 

 belly of a deep brown, marled obscurely with 

 black. One I weighed was three pounds and 

 a half. 



