RED-BREASTED GOURA. 



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Native of the Philippine Islands: length ten 

 inches and a half : the forehead and the crown 

 are of a grey-ash : the occiput and the hinder-part 

 of the neck are of a deep violet, with green re- 

 flections : the back, the scapulars, the lesser wing- 

 coverts, and the lateral parts of the breast, are of 

 a deep grey j the whole of the feathers of these 

 parts being tipped with a brilliant metallic green 

 band: the throat, the sides of the neck, and the 

 middle of " the breast, are of a pure white ; the 

 latter with a spot of a flesh-colour in the centre : 

 the belly, the sides, the abdomen, and the under 

 tail-coverts, are of a reddish hue : the feathers of 

 the middle wing-coverts are of a reddish -purple at 

 their base, and bright ash at their tips, forming 

 three bands of the latter colour across each wing : 

 the quills are of a brownish-ash, with their edges 

 fringed with reddish : the two middle tail-feathers 

 are grey-brown ; the lateral ones are grey at their 

 base, black towards their middle, and whitish- 

 grey at their tips : the eyes and feet are red : the 

 female is rather duller in colours. 



A variety is commemorated by Temminck, 

 which has the whole of the body white, with a 

 blood-red spot on the breast : it is described as a 

 species by Sonnerat, but it has all the tracings of 

 the markings of the first described, and is found 

 at the same place as that. 



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