BRITISH BIRDS, 36 1 
the reft of the neck, the breaft, and the upper part 
of the back, are elegantly pencilled with black and 
white waved lines : the lower back and fides of the 
body are undulated in the fame manner, but with 
lines more freckled, lefs diftinO:, and paler : the fca- 
pulars are long and pointed, each feather black down 
the middle, with white edges : the coverts of the 
wings are afti-brown, tipped with dull orange : below 
thefe the wing is obliquely crofted by the beauty- 
fpot of glofty bronze purple green, "with a lower 
border of black and white : this fpangle is formed 
by the outer webs and tips of the middle quills : the 
reft of the quills are dulky. All the tail-feathers 
are of a brown afti-colbur, with pale edges,' except 
the two middle ones, which are black, ftightly glolT- 
cd with green, confiderably longer than the others, ' 
and end in a point : the belly and fides of the vent 
are white : * under tail-coverts black : legs and 
feet fmall, and of a lead colour. The female is 
lefs than the male, and her plumage is of a much 
plainer caft, ail the upper parts being brown, with 
each feather margined more or lefs with white, in- 
clining to red or yellow : the greater coverts and 
fecondary quills are tipped with cream colour and 
white, which form a bar acrofs the wings. The 
fore part of the neck, the bi’eaft^ apd the belly to 
* In fome, the belly and fore part, of the neek are of a red- 
dlfli buff, or cream colour. 
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