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glossed green, \^itli broad wide central streaks and narrow white margins ; outer 

 scapulars the same, but with the outer webs broadlj blue-grey : wing-coverts 

 bright pale French-grey, the greater ones broadly edged white, forming a M^ing- 

 bar ; outer secondaries brown-grey, glossed green and tipped wbite ; quills 

 brown ; the inner primaries greyish, broadly edged greyish-white ; breast brown, 

 M'ith black or dark brown markings concentric on the upper breast, in the form 

 of bars on the lower breast, gradually changing one into the other ; abdomen 

 white, more or less speckled with brown towards the vent ; thigh-coverts brown 

 and white ; flanks white, finely barred with black, the feathers nearest the tail 

 with two broad bars of \vhite and grey divided by a narrower black line ; under 

 tail-coverts white or buffy-white, the shorter with brown drops ; under wing- 

 coverts mainly dark grey, the central ones and axillaries white. 



Irides dark brown ; bill brownish-black, nail black, margins of maxilla and 

 lower mandible paler ; legs and feet dark grey. 



I have a bird which had the feet bright orange : this must be something very 

 unusual. 



" In the adult male the bill is normally blackish above, brownish on the lower 

 mandible, except at the tip, often reddish-brown at the gape. 



"The legs and feet are grey, pale greenish-brown, grey -s^ith an olive shade, 

 grey slate-colour, purplish slate-colour, bluish .... in all cases the webs being 

 more or less dusky, and the claws darker still." {Hume.) 



Length 15 to 17 inches, tail about 2*8, wing 7*6 to 8'0, tarsus 1 to 1-2, 

 bill from gape I'S. 



" Length 15-9 to 16*25 inches, expanse 25 to 27"25, wing 7*4 to 8-1, tail 

 from vent 3"3 to 3"8, tarsus 1 to 1*3, bill from gape 1*75 to 1*92. Weight 

 10 ozs. to 1 lb. (commonly about 13 ozs.)." {Hume.) 



Width of bill at gape -52, at tip -62 inch. 



Female. — Above dark brown, all the feathers with pale margins, except the 

 crown, which is rather richer than elsewhere and centred darker ; chin and 

 throat white ; neck greyish or buffy-white, with all the feathers minutely 

 streaked with dai'k brown ; a supeix-iliaiy stripe from above the eye and a spot 

 on the front of the lores white or bufl^y-\^hite ; \^"ings greyish-brown, in old 

 females more grey, especially on the smaller coverts ; speculum as in the male, 

 but very blurred and indistinct ; fore-neck and upper breast dark brown, with 

 broad pale edges to the feathers ; lower breast, abdomen, and vent white, buffy- 

 white, or buff ; the flanks, sides, and under tail-coverts the same, splotched, 

 barred, and spotted with brown. 



The colours of the soft parts the same as in the male. 



"In some females the bill is similar" (to the males): "in some, apparently 

 adult, it is a blackisli plumbeous above, dull plumbeous below." {Hume.) 



Length about 15 inches, wing about 7'25, tail 2*6, bill from gape 1'7, 

 tarsus 1, bill at base "51 broad, at tip "(30. 



" Length 14-8 to 15*5 inches, expanse 23-0 to 25*5, wing 7 to 7*3, tail from 

 vent 2-9 to 3-5, tarsus 1-0 to 1-15, bill from gape 1-7 to 1-85. Weight !) lo 

 14'75 ozs. (commonly about 12 ozs.)." {Hume.) 



I have a female in my collection w Inch \\eighed 1 lb. 1 oz., and has a wing 

 of 7'65 inches. 



