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kindness we are greatly indebted. We 
are informed that a specimen of the male 
was killed in Norfolk a few years since, 
and was preserved in the London Museum. 
Temminck says that (( the male has the 
top of the head covered with long silky 
feathers which form a large crest ; beak 
long depressed towards the point. Head, 
cheeks, throat, and upper part of the 
neck of a reddish brown or bay ; the lower 
part of the neck, breast, belly and abdo- 
men of a deep black, back, wings, and 
tail of a light brown ; sides, wing joint, a 
large spot upon the side of the back, spe- 
culum upon the wings and base of the 
quill feathers white ; beak, legs, and toes 
of a beautiful red ; nail on the beak white; 
webs of the feet black ; irides bright red. 
Length about two feet." 
" The female has the top and back of 
the head, and back of the neck of a deep 
brown; the crest not so thick as that of 
the male ; cheeks, throat and sides of the 
neck of an ash-coloured white ; breast and 
sides of a yellowish brown ; belly and ab- 
domen grey; back, wings and tail brown 
