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NAMAQUA PTEROCLES. 



This is in length ten inches : the throat of the 

 adult male is of a beautiful yellow : the head and 

 the neck are of an uniform grey : the upper part of 

 the back, the rump, and the upper tail-coverts, are 

 of a grey-brown ; the feathers of the middle of 

 the back, the scapulars, and wing-coverts, are 

 brown at their base, then yellow ochre, and tipped 

 with a bright spot of grey : the lesser coverts 

 have the grey spot more dull, and are slightly 

 bordered with reddish chesnut : the greater quills 

 are tipped with grey, and the lesser with pure 

 white, and the shafts of the two outer ones are also 

 white : the breast is tinged with a purple hue, and 

 bears upon it two belts, the upper one pure white, 

 and the lower a lively chtcsnut-red : the belly, as 

 far as the thighs, is of a fine grey, tinged with 

 purple: the thighs, the abdomen, and the under 

 tail-coverts, are bright red : the tail itself is brown- 

 grey, tipped with yellow ; the two middle feathers 

 longest, and pointed : the feathers on the front of 

 the tarsi are reddish : the beak, the feet, and the 

 claws, are brown. 



The female is less than the male : the throat is 

 red : the feathers on the head, the neck, and the 

 breast, are reddish white, with their centres brown, 

 forming a series of crescents : the back and the I 

 wing and tail-coverts are barred with dusky brown 

 and red : the lesser wing-coverts are tipped with 

 white : the belly is striped transversely with white 

 and brown: the abdomen and the under tail- 

 coverts are bright red : the greater quills are not > 

 tipped with grey as in the male : the lateral tail- 



