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Females. — Length, I2'0 to 12'6 ; expanse, 17*5 to i8'0; wing-, 

 575 t0 5'9 ; tail fr° m vent, 4-3 to 4*8 ; tarsus, rj to 1*55 ; bill 

 from gape, 0*85 to 09. Weight, 8 to 9 ozs. 



The legs and feet plumbeous ; the irides dark brown ; the up- 

 per mandible blackish horny, the lower pale. 



The male, in this species also, has from one to three spurs on 

 each leg, generally two on each, often two on one and three 

 on the other. 



The females also generally have at least one spur on each 

 leg, sometimes two, rarely none at all. 



The Plate is good, but the upper mandible and the legs and 

 feet of the male should all be much darker, and the majority of 

 females are rather darker and more olivaceous than the parti- 

 cular specimen figured. 



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