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lesser coverts, and shoulders, are hyacinth red, with 
a tint of pink or pale reddish purple, which perhaps 
will be more generally understood by “ vinace- 
ous,” each feather having a triangular mark of 
brownish black at the tip. The quills and secon- 
daries are brownish black, the inner webs with dull 
white oval spots ; tail and upper coverts bluish- 
grey, the former tipped with white, which is 
followed by a broad black bar incompleted on 
the outer web of the exterior feathers ; shafts of the 
centre feathers also black ; the under parts are 
pale buff-orange, more rufous on the belly and 
thighs ; feathers on the throat and neck of a paler 
tint and spotless, — on the breast and belly with 
a dark streak in the centre, — on the flanks and 
lower part of the belly with a triangular spot at 
the tip, and with a second oval spot on the centre 
of the feathers ; under parts of the wings pure 
white, with a few oval dark spots at the tips of 
the feathers. 
The female differs in having the whole upper 
parts hyacinth red, but of a paler and more 
yellow tint ; the head and back of the neck 
broadly streaked, and each feather of the back, 
shoulders, and coverts, barred and broadly tipped 
with blackish-brown ; the tail of the same tint, 
but slightly paler than the upper parts, is nar- 
rowly barred for its whole length, and is furnished 
with the broad terminal band and the white tip ; 
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