No. 26. 

 Histrionicus histrionicus. 



Adult male. Prevailing color bluish slate with more or less 

 purplish tinge, becoming brownish beneath ; the head and neck 

 purplish black ; plumage fantastically slashed and spotted with 

 white, as picture shows better than any written description can ; 

 the white markings intensified here and there by edging of pure 

 black ; at either side of crown (or top of head) a stripe of ma- 



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No. 26. Adult Male. 



hogany red, and a broad patch of the same color on either flank. 

 Bill yellowish olive with tip lighter. Legs and toes light bluish 

 gray, with blackish webs. 



Female. A very different looking fowl, nearly all grayish 

 brown ; side of head marked with dull white, and white mixing 

 with the lower plumage and producing a dull freckled belly. 

 Bill and legs dull bluish gray. 



