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feathers ; the under tail-coverts barred with the 
same colour ; the axillary feathers pure white, 
clouded with hair-brown; bill and legs appear 
to have been blackish-green, the length of the 
naked space above the tarsal joint fully seven- 
eighths of an inch. 
In the Singapore specimens, and those from the 
Indian islands, the colour above is much more uni- 
form, but this may be caused from the European 
specimen having been killed in summer ; there is 
also little marking on the breast, that part being 
of a uniform shade ; the axillary feathers show a 
greater disposition to have the markings; the 
centre tail-feathers show a slight difference of 
appearance and marking, and the naked space, 
above the tarsal joint, is in length scarcely five- 
eighths of an inch. We do not perceive much 
difference in the markings of tho secondary quill- 
feathers. Dr. Horsfield states, “ it differs princi- 
pally in the marks of the secondary quill-feathers, 
and in the lower continuation of the covering of 
the tibiae.” Additional comparisons of birds, from 
all the localities given, should still be made. 
