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the base, with a red spot, but also yellow towards the point ; the others are black at the 

 base and yellow towards and at the point. 



Mr. Layard informs us that the " bill and feet are red " and "the iris dark buff." 



Total length 69 inches, wing 36, tail 3'15, bill 055, tarsus 0*4. 



The female does not differ from the male. 



Of the five specimens in the British Museum two have the collar very distinctly marked ; 

 it is decidedly less so in the other three, yet as these latter include both sexes the difference 

 cannot indicate any difference between females and males. All five skins came from 

 Mr. Layard. 



