BRITISH BIRDS* 
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refleOiing a purple glofs : the fhoulder and fcapular 
feathers are blackj edged with pale ruft colour, and 
have the fame glolTy reflexions as thofe on the 
breafl: : the tertials are nearly of the fame length as 
the quills, and are marked like the firfl annex- 
ed figure : the ridges of the wings are a brownifli 
afh-colour ; the coverts, back, and rump are near- 
ly the fame, but inclining to olive, and the middle 
of each feather is of a deeper dulky brown : the pri- 
mary quills are deep olive brown : the exterior webs 
r of the fecondaries are alfo of that colour, but lighter, 
edged and tipped with white, and the inner webs 
are mofily white towards the bafe : the tail coverts 
are glolTy black, edged with pale ruft colour, and 
tipped with white ; but in fome of them a flreak of 
white pafles from the middle upwards, nearly the 
whole length, as in the fecond figure. The tail 
feathers are lightifh brown, except the two middle 
ones, which are barred with fpots of a darker hue : 
the belly and vent are white: legs bare above the 
knees, and red as fealing-wax : claws black. The 
female is lefs than the male, and her plumage more 
dingy and indiftinX : an egg taken out of her pre- 
vious to flufling, was furprifingly large, confidering 
her bulk, being about the fize of that of a magpie, 
of a greenifli white colour, fpotted and blotched 
with brown, of a long fliape, and pointed at the 
' fmaller end. 
The foregoing figure and defcription were taken 
from a pair, male and female, which were ftiot on 
