the BUFl'EL-HEADS. 
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f^e Sreen, with steel-blue reflections: 
'•ig into . purplish, with bronzy reflections, and verg- 
‘^•'ested anH°H ^n sides of the neck ; the hinder neck 
S'oss ; entii ®j®el-g‘'een : throat dusky-black, with a purplish 
downwards '^'’der surface of body from the lower throat 
‘he lower n^r fla»h-feathers edged with black, 
^'aty-grev slightly shaded with greyish; axillaries 
"bottled with white; under wing-coverts white, 
‘■eet and to ‘^e feathers; bill bluish-black; 
brown webs and joints darker; iris dark 
‘"‘h- 2-8; ursus,T-?’ ’ 
^hoJfsooTv W.T? ‘dolour 
"''"gs sooVb^! h“ck and rump ; 
®Pot before ® ‘ grater coverts with a white 
secondaries!^! ^“i'ls blackish, the 
bi-own • fore n ‘^°>'™'«g » speculum ; tail dusky- 
sooty-broJn?rh!i°^ 7°"'"’ ‘broat, and neck all round 
Cfested fr! ’ K , crown and nape blacker, and decidedly 
‘■‘cross the o ^ hroad, white band extending 
°fbody whhr°''®''.‘V° sides of the neck; under-surface 
body, Lrd on across the fore-neck, on the sides of the 
Wbhe whh f ‘‘■“'-coverts; axillaries sooty-brown, 
•settled witrSoa T" “u n^i "-'"g-coverts white! 
‘be end^^nd ‘“‘=""‘"8 ‘o plumbeous 
•''cish-piS’ tho ‘he commissure; feet and toes pale 
Total length rt n"* '''''s dark broVn. 
tarsus, ’ inches; culmen, ro; wing, 5-9; tail, 2-4; 
Yoang Birds.— Resemble the old female in plumage, 
above, ‘b® differences in structure recorded 
and^^^aS‘e^tr.:^ 't'-f >’>’ S'osa „„ .he 
‘be fennu K ‘‘‘gc patch of white on the sides of the face 
spot on the Jar'ewe^r'’ 7 "^ neck greyish-brown, with a white 
>'c car-coverts and a white wing-speculum. 
oc?inre*nce'^o7\K"‘f7^^^ authentic instances of the 
^'■eat Britain Of 'f''® recorded in 
n. Of these two are Scotch and three English. 
