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has the addition of some large feathers. They 

 lay four or five eggs, of a dull white color, 

 tinged and spotted with deep purple. 



The bill is of a pale blue, the tip black ; the Descrip- 

 feathers on the forehead black ; the crown of 

 the head, the hind part and the sides of the 

 neck, are of a bluish grey ; the space above the 

 eyes, the cheeks, throat, and forepart of the 

 neck, are red ; the sides and belly white, tinged 

 with red ; the upper part of the back is of a deep 

 tawny color ; the lower part and rump green ; 

 the coverts on the very ridge of the wing black 

 and grey ; beneath them is a large white spot ; 

 the bastard wing and first greater coverts 

 black, the rest tipt with white; the quil fea- 

 thers black; their exterior sides edged with 

 pale yellow; their inner and outward webs 

 white on their lower part, so as to form a third 

 white line across the wing ; the tail is black, 

 except the outmost feather, which is marked 

 obliquely with a white line from top to bottom, 

 and the next which has a white spot on the end 

 of the inner web ; the legs are dusky. The colors 

 of the female are very dull ; it entirely wants 

 the red on the breast and other parts : the head 

 and upper part of the body are of a dirty green ; 

 the belly and breast of a dirty white ; the wings 

 and tail marked much like those of the male. 



