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a dull yellow ; the belly and whole under part 

 of the body white, dashed with a yellowish 

 tinge. The back and scapular feathers are 

 black, edged with a pale reddish brown; the 

 rump and covert feathers of the tail are white 

 on their lower half, on their upper, yellow. 

 The tail consists of twelve feathers, and is a 

 little forked : the three exterior feathers are 

 white ; the two outmost marked with a dusky 

 spot on the exterior side ; the third is marked 

 with the same color on both sides the tip ; the 

 rest of the tail feathers are entirely dusky. 

 The wings, when closed, reach to about the 

 middle of the tail ; the color, of as much of the 

 six first quil feathers as appears in view, is 

 dusky, slightly tipt with a reddish white, their 

 lower part on both sides white; in the seven 

 succeeding feathers the dusky color gradually 

 gives place to the white, which in the seventh 

 of these possesses the whole feather, except a 

 small spot on the exterior upper side of each ; 

 the two next are wholly white ; the rest of the 

 quil feathers and the scapular feathers are 

 black, edged with a pale red : the bastard wing, 

 and the outmost secondary feathers are of the 

 same color with the quil feathers ; the rest of 

 them, together with the coverts, are entirely 

 white, forming one large bed of white. The 



