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that colour, and below a band of black and white as repre- 

 sented in our Plate ; the quills are dusky ; the upper and 

 under tail-coverts are black with green reflexions, including 

 the two elongated middle tail-feathers ; the rest of the tail 

 dusky, with white tips. 



The above is the description of the male bird from the 

 specimen in the British Museum. 



The plumage of the female we describe as follows : — Head 

 and neck pale buff colour, with black spots and streaks ; the 

 spots on the crown of the head are darkest and largest ; the 

 chin and throat pale buff, without any markings ; the lower 

 part of the neck and sides of the breast pale yellowish brown, 

 spotted with dusky ; the flanks are variegated with dusky and 

 yellowish brown ; the upper parts are dusky, and each feather 

 broadly edged with reddish white and pale yellowish brown ; 

 the lesser wing-coverts hair brown ; the lower row tipped with 

 pale reddish brown ; the speculum green, with purple re- 

 flexions about the upper half; the lower half black, the 

 feathers tipped with white ; the quills and tail hair brown ; 

 the tail-feathers margined with rusty white ; legs orange-yel- 

 low. 



