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not much, shorter than the middle ones, making its shape 

 more square than rounded. 



The colouring of the plumage is as follows : the forehead, 

 sides of the head, the entire face, chin, and throat are 

 white ; the space between the beak and eye black ; the 

 top and back part of the head, the whole neck, breast, and 

 mantle are black ; the rest of the upper parts are bluish- 

 ash, with black and white regular bars ; the quills are dusky 

 black, the tail the same ; the upper tail-coverts white ; 

 the breast, belly, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; the 

 thighs are faintly barred with grey ; the beak, legs, and 

 feet are black ; the eyes brown. 



