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the vent, are elegantly pencilled with black, afli- 
brown, and white tranfverfe waved lines : the breaft, 
greatly refembling the beautifully fpotted appear- 
ance of an India fliell, is of a pale brown or reddifli 
yellow, and each feather is tipped with a roundilh 
heart-lhaped black fpot : the belly is a cream-colour- 
ed white : back and rump brown, each feather 
edged with a paler colour : vent black : the prima- 
ry quills, leffer and greater coverts, are brown j 
the laft deeply tipped with white, which forms a bar 
acrofs the wings : the firft fix of the fecondary quills 
are of a fine velvet black ; thofe next to them, to- 
wards the fcapulars, are of a moft refplendent glofly 
green, and both are tipped with white, forming the 
divided black and green bar, or beauty-fpot of the 
wings. The tail confifts of fourteen feathers, of a 
hoary brown colour, with pale edges : the legs and 
feet are of a dirty lead colour. The female, which 
is lefs than the male, is prettily freckled about the 
head and neck with brown and white. She has 
not the green patch behind the eyes, but a brown 
ilreak there which extends itfelf to the nape of the 
neck : the crown of the head is dark brown ; the 
upper mandible yellow on the edges, olive green 
on the Tides, and olive brown on the ridge ; nail 
black, and the under bill yellow : breaft, belly, and 
vent glofly yellowifh white, fpotted on the latter 
parts with brown : the upper plumage is dark 
brown, each feather bordered with rufty brown, 
VoL. II. t 3 B 
