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HISTORY OF 
The males and females are very unlike in the marking of 
their plumage. The male has the chin, throat, fore part of the 
neck, and collar, black ; a black stripe passes from the collar 
down the neck to the back, which is also black ; head, sides, 
the upper and back part of the neck to the collar, white ; fore- 
head and nape of the neck with a band of green, that on the 
nape terminating with a black spot on each side ; a black irre- 
gular patch behind the eyes, with a narrow band proceeding 
from it round the orbits ; breast and sides, bright ferruginous ; 
vent, black ; tail, black, or dark brown, with the edges of the 
feathers lighter ; wing coverts, white, with the tips, and a bar 
about the centre of them, black ; quills, deep brown, approach- 
ing to black ; humeral spot, black ; scapulars, black, edged 
with lighter, and long. The female is of a brown colour, 
varied with lighter brown ; having the secondaries and great 
coverts tipped with white ; irides, brown ; bill and legs, black ; 
length, fifteen inches. 
