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Bill short, stout, broad at the base, dorsal line arched ; head ovate, neck 

 short; body compact, tail short, slightly emarginate ; second and third quill equal 

 and longest, first longer than the fourth; forehead chesnut- brown edged with 

 black ; cheeks, throat and fore-neck dark glossy blue ; crown, occiput and hind 

 neck, with a line extending around on the fore-neck bright azure blue ; upper plu- 

 mage dark glossy blue, Iris,- lower parts chesnut- brown, lightest on the sides; 

 wings and tail dark brown, margined with blue; bill bluish, nostrils visible; feet 

 covered with scutella, toes rather slender, claws compressed, arched. Middle 

 toe and claw 7-12; outer, connected as far as the first joint and a little larger than 

 the inner ; tarsus 61-12, bill along the ridge 31-12, gap 5-12, length from bill to 

 end of the tail 4 5-12, wings from flexure 2 7-12 inches. 



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