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with, black tips ; some of the inner quills, like tlie longest scapulars, are dull purple. The 

 bill is orange-red, and the feet dusky black. 



Total length 10-50 inches, wing 6, tail 410, bill 0-80, tarsus 07. 



In the young the feathers of the head, neck, back, breast, and sides are said to have 

 purple edges, and also that the ear-coverts are tinged with purple, while the interscapular 

 region, as well as the scapulars, are dusky purple. The under tail-coverts are also described 

 as purplish red. 



Of the specimens in the British Museum, one has the purple collar very largely 

 developed, while in another it is very slightly marked ; both these divergent conditions have 

 been delineated by our artist on Plate XL This, we believe, is the first representation of the 

 species which lias appeared since that of Brehm in 1855, which seems to have been copied 

 from Levaillant's figure of 1801. 



