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The weight of this species varies from 
four to seven pounds, and the size from 
thirty two inches to three feet four or five 
inches in length, and from four feet to four 
feet six inches in breadth. 
The female lays three white eggs$ of the 
same size at both ends. 
Tho old birds (says Temminck) of both 
sexes in winter have a broad white or 
whitish collar under the throat, the ex- 
tremities of which extend beneath the eyes; 
top of the head, neck, breast, all the 
under parts and rump black glossed with 
green; under the neck small whitish 
dashes, which are almost imperceptable ; 
the feathers on the top of the back and 
wings ash-coloured brown or of a bronze 
colour in the middle, bordered by a broad 
band of black glossed with green ; quills 
and tail black; beak dusky ash-colour, 
naked space about the eyes greenish yel- 
low ; guttural pouch yellowish ; legs black. 
The young of the first year, have the 
top of the head, the back of the neck, and 
the back of a deep brown, slightly glossed 
* Some authors say six or seven. 
