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behind it and on the hack of the head: with this exception, 
the head on the crown, neck, and nape, chin, throat, and 
breast, are white, the last-named with a faint pink tinge on 
the lower part; back, brownish black, tinged with green. 
The wings have the first quill feather the longest; greater 
and lesser wing coverts, primaries, and secondaries, rich glossy- 
black, tinged with green; tertiaries, dark brownish black, with 
green reflections. The tail is greyish brown, and slightly 
forked. The legs, which are of great length, and slight, and 
the toes, pink red; the latter have a connecting membrane 
between the outer and middle ones. 
The female has more dark streaks behind the head, and 
the black of the plumage is less pure, and not tinged with 
green. 
The young have more of the dark streaks on the head; the 
back, brown, edged with white. Legs, orange. 
