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  The 
  mandibles 
  are 
  solid 
  black, 
  or 
  dusky 
  black, 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  uniform 
  dark 
  

   brownish 
  in 
  dried 
  skins. 
  In 
  living 
  and 
  freshly 
  killed 
  birds 
  there 
  is 
  considerable 
  

   diversity 
  in 
  the 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  limbs, 
  varying 
  from 
  dark 
  bluish 
  or 
  greyish 
  

   horny 
  to 
  a 
  dull 
  ash 
  colour, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  pinkish 
  tinge. 
  Irides 
  dark 
  hazel. 
  

   Weight, 
  2 
  lbs. 
  2 
  ozs. 
  to 
  2 
  lbs. 
  14 
  ozs. 
  

  

  Bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  15 
  mm.; 
  length 
  580 
  to 
  640; 
  expanse, 
  730 
  to 
  760; 
  wing, 
  ,235 
  

   to 
  255 
  ; 
  tail, 
  235 
  to 
  285 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  70 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw, 
  60. 
  

  

  Variations. 
  — 
  A 
  typical 
  individual 
  of 
  macrolopha 
  (typical 
  solely 
  because 
  farthest 
  

   from 
  both 
  castanea 
  and 
  nipalensis) 
  has 
  very 
  narrow 
  shaft-streaks 
  on 
  the 
  mantle 
  

   feathers, 
  which 
  diminish 
  posteriorly 
  on 
  the 
  plumage 
  and 
  disappear 
  entirely 
  on 
  the 
  

   lower 
  back 
  and 
  rump, 
  the 
  feathers 
  of. 
  these 
  parts 
  being 
  uniform 
  grey. 
  In 
  fact, 
  the 
  

   central 
  black 
  is 
  narrow 
  everywhere, 
  and 
  the 
  chestnut 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  plumage 
  is 
  confined 
  

   to 
  a 
  broad 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface, 
  while 
  all 
  the 
  sandy 
  areas, 
  

   especially 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface, 
  are 
  clearer 
  and 
  whiter. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  commonest 
  type 
  of 
  individual, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  

   generalized 
  and 
  typical 
  of 
  macrolopha 
  macrolopha. 
  

  

  Elliot's 
  plate 
  of 
  macrolopha 
  shows 
  a 
  bird 
  much 
  too 
  dark 
  for 
  a 
  typical 
  representation. 
  

   The 
  splitting 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  lines 
  is 
  also 
  atypical, 
  and 
  the 
  upright 
  segregation 
  of 
  the 
  green 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  crest 
  is 
  an 
  error, 
  the 
  bird 
  not 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  manipulate 
  its 
  occipital 
  

   plumage 
  in 
  this 
  fashion. 
  Gould's 
  plate 
  is 
  excellent. 
  

  

  Adult 
  Female. 
  — 
  Crown 
  and 
  occiput 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  cross-bar 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  

   terminal 
  band 
  rufous 
  buff. 
  In 
  worn 
  specimens 
  the 
  buff 
  tips 
  disappear, 
  leaving 
  these 
  

   parts 
  quite 
  black. 
  A 
  short, 
  but 
  well-marked 
  occipital 
  crest, 
  varying 
  from 
  brown 
  to 
  

   warm 
  rufous, 
  the 
  feathers 
  margined 
  or 
  slightly 
  mottled 
  with 
  black. 
  Forehead, 
  broad 
  

   superciliary 
  extending 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  crest, 
  and 
  the 
  face 
  pinkish 
  or 
  yellowish 
  buff, 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  feathers 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  band 
  half-way 
  to 
  the 
  tip. 
  Full-plumaged 
  birds 
  have 
  a 
  

   broad 
  band 
  of 
  feathers 
  starting 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  extending 
  back, 
  including 
  the 
  

   ear-coverts 
  and 
  a 
  nuchal 
  zone 
  posterior 
  to 
  the 
  crest, 
  glossy 
  green, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  

   cross-bars 
  of 
  buff. 
  Chin 
  and 
  throat 
  white, 
  with 
  an 
  irregular 
  line 
  of 
  brown 
  dots 
  down 
  

   each 
  side 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  These 
  dots 
  coalesce 
  and 
  become 
  solid 
  black 
  

   margins 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  throat 
  and 
  extend 
  in 
  a 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   white 
  gular 
  area. 
  The 
  white 
  zone 
  above 
  the 
  two 
  dotted 
  lines 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  lower 
  

   cheeks 
  and 
  back 
  over 
  the 
  side 
  neck 
  as 
  an 
  elongated 
  patch 
  of 
  white, 
  ending 
  beyond 
  and 
  

   just 
  below 
  the 
  ear-coverts. 
  

  

  The 
  upper 
  neck 
  is 
  pinkish 
  buff 
  with 
  irregular 
  bands 
  of 
  black. 
  Posteriorly 
  the 
  

   black 
  increases 
  in 
  extent 
  and 
  reduces 
  the 
  buff 
  area, 
  which 
  has 
  become 
  more 
  rufous, 
  to 
  

   a 
  barbed-arrow 
  shape, 
  while 
  a 
  grey 
  tip 
  appears 
  at 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  feather. 
  

  

  The 
  lower 
  back 
  and 
  rump 
  are 
  pinkish 
  buff, 
  finely 
  mottled 
  with 
  black, 
  with 
  two 
  

   wide 
  longitudinal 
  lines 
  of 
  black, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  buff 
  shaft-streak. 
  

  

  The 
  scapulars 
  are 
  black 
  with 
  chestnut 
  spots 
  and 
  mottling 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  web, 
  and 
  

   a 
  pale 
  buff 
  shaft-streak. 
  The 
  wing-coverts 
  are 
  mottled 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  secondaries 
  

   continue 
  the 
  pattern 
  of 
  the 
  scapulars 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  gradually 
  diminishing 
  to 
  an 
  

   irregular, 
  sub-terminal 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  web. 
  The 
  secondaries 
  are 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  

  

  