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CRESTED COLIN. 



feathers of the back are grey, spotted and varied 

 with black, brown, and white : the wing-coverts 

 are the same, deeply edged with whitish yellow, 

 and with a large spot of black at the tip of each 

 feather: the breast is transversely striped with 

 black and white ; the belly with rufous and black : 

 the feathers on the sides are spotted with black 

 along the shafts, and are edged with pure white : 

 the quills are grey : the tail-feathers are brown- 

 grey, waved with whitish yellow : the feet are yel- 

 lowish : the lower mandible of the beak is yellow- 

 ish at the base. The female is destitute of a crest : 

 the eyebrows and the throat are white, spotted 

 with black and reddish : the upper parts of the 

 body are grey-brown, with black spots, and waves 

 of rufous : the wing-coverts are duller than in 

 the male, and are destitute of the broad white 

 border : the feathers of the under part of the body 

 are striped with narrow bars of black and white, 

 the latter being tipped with two oval black spots: 

 in other respects she resembles the male, but is 

 more dull in tint : the young greatly resemble the 

 female till nearly grown, when the male attains 

 the crest, and the colours of the plumage their 

 proper hue. 



This inhabits Mexico, where it is called Quanht- 

 zonecolin. 



