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drawing* from it of the size of nature, 
with the intention of forwarding it to 
G. Montagu, Esq. but upon making in- 
quiry, we found that he had departed this 
life a short time before. 
Our figure of the immature malef is 
made from the same specimen, the ma- 
ture bird is from a specimen in the col- 
lection of E. Lombe, Esq. 
The beautiful rose-coloured tint to be 
seen upon the lighter parts of the plu- 
mage of the male when recently killed, 
is very apt to fly off after it has been pre- 
served, leaving those parts quite white. 
The crest of the female is longer and more 
slender than the same part of the male. 
The males during the first year scarcely 
differ from the females, at the age of one 
year they may be distinguished by black 
spots upon the white of the throat; the 
red of the neck is at that time terminated 
* See fig. 1. 1. plate 2. The plate not being of suf- 
ficient length to admit it of the full length, we were 
obliged to divide it. Fig. 2. is the reverse of the 
labyrinth. 
t We saw a specimen (in the collection of Mr. 
Seaman of Ipswich,) of this bird in the change of plu- 
mage, which must remove all doubt upon thesnbjecU 
