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HISTORY OF 
The old male bird has the wings, head, back, and breast, of a 
dark lead colour ; the thighs, vent, and under tail coverts, deep 
orange red ; cere, orbits of the eyes, and feet, of the same colour, 
but of a lighter tint ; claws, black at the tips shaded into brown 
at the bases ; bill, lead colour. The adult female has the head 
ferruginous, with a black circle round the eyes; back, tail, and 
wings, lead coloured, but in the specimen in our collection, of 
a much lighter colour than in the adult male, and barred with 
black ; quills, lead coloured, tipped with black ; under the sur- 
face of the quills and tail feathers, lead coloured, barred with 
darker ; bill, cere, claws, and legs, of nearly the same colour 
as in the male. 
