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The feathers on the forehead are whitish : the 

 crown of the head black mixed with blue ; the 

 hind part of the neck black ; the back, scapu- 

 lars, and coverts of the wings, elegantly barred 

 with deep blue and black. The quil feathers 

 dusky, marked with elliptical white spots placed 

 transversely ; the inner coverts crossed with black 

 and white bars ; the throat white ; the fore part 

 of the neck, and upper part of the breast white 

 slightly tinged with yellow, the last marked with 

 a few small dusky lines pointing downwards. 

 The rest of the breast, the belly, thighs and vent 

 feathers, white inclining to grey, and crossed 

 with dusky strokes pointed in the middle. 

 The tail consists of feathers of equal length, 

 finely and frequently barred with blue and black. 

 The legs are short and yellow : the toes very 

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This species seems to vary : we have seen one 

 that was shot in Hampshire, just as it had 

 struck down a Rook and was tearing it to pieces. 

 The whole under side of the body was of a deep 

 dirty yellow, but the black bars were the same 

 as in that above described. The weight of this 

 was two pounds eight ounces ; the extent thirty 

 eight inches. Another which was shot by the 

 Dean of St. Asaph, in October 1794, was of the 

 first kind. Its extent was three feet one inch, 



