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the forehead, crown, cheeks and fore part 
of the neck sooty black; the back of the 
head and neck dark glossy green, change- 
able to blue or violet ; breast white, having 
the ends of the feathers tinged with ferrugi- 
nous ; scapulars white with a few dusky 
spots; back dusky black, reaching up to 
the green on the neck in a peak, and the 
feathers on the upper part of it slightly 
edged with cinereous; rump dusky; upper 
tail coverts and from the vent to the tail 
black glossed with green ; the feathers, 
which cover the sides of the tail, fine deep 
green : lesser coverts pale blue ; greater, 
brown tipt with white; greater quills 
brown, the secondaries are of a glossy 
green on their outer webs; sides under 
the wings marked with fine undulating 
dusky lines ; the tail consists of fourteen 
dusky feathers with their edges and tips 
dirty white ; on each side of the base of 
the tail is a large patch of white; belly 
chestnut ; legs orange red. 
volence of the Creator in adapting the structure of his 
creatures to thcmodes of life which they are intended 
to lead. 
