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NAMAQUA PTEROCLES. 
This is in length ten inches ; the throat of the 
adult male is of a beautiful yellow ; the head and 
the neck are of an uniform grey : the upper part of 
the back, the rump, and the upper tail-coverts, are 
of a grey-brown ; the feathers of the middle of 
the back, the scapulars, and wing-coverts, are 
brown at their base, then yellow ochre, and tipped 
with a bright spot of grey: the lesser coverts 
have the grey spot more dull, and are slightly 
bordered with reddish chesnut : the greater quills 
are tipped with grey, and the lesser with pure 
white, and the shafts of the two outer ones are also 
white : the breast is tinged with a purple hue, and 
bears upon it'two belts, the upper one pure white, 
and the lower a lively chesnut-red : the belly, as 
far as the thighs, is of a fine grey, tinged with 
purple : the thighs, the abdomen, and the under 
tail-coverts, are bright red : the tail itself is brown- 
grey, tipped with yellow ; the two middle feathers 
longest, and pointed : the feathers on the front of 
the tarsi are reddish : the beak, the feet, and the 
claws, are brown. 
The female is less than the male : the throat is 
red : the feathers on the head, the neck, and the 
breast, are reddish white, with their centres brown, 
forming a series of crescents : the back and the 
wing and tail-coverts are barred with dusky brown 
and red : the lesser wing-coverts are tipped with 
white : the belly is striped transversely with white 
and brown : the abdomen and the under tail- 
coverts are bright red : the greater quills are not 
tipped with grey as in the male : the lateral tail- 
