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HISTORY OF 
is a black edging; scapulars, black, slightly edged with ferru- 
ginous ; quills, black, edged with lighter ; tail, dark cinereous, 
lighter on the margin ; outer tail feathers, as in the other 
states of plumage ; bill, black ; legs, greenish brown ; length, 
about five and a half inches ; length of bill from rictus, eight 
and a half lines ; length of tarsus, eight lines. 
