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green, changing to blue and bronze, with a narrow line of white 
along their terminal margin; the inner greenish-black on the 
outer web, greenish-brown on the inner, with a central line and 
narrow external margin of pale reddish-buff; the more elongated 
scapulars similar, but some of them margined with greenish- 
blue. Secondary coverts brown, with their terminal portion 
white. Tail feathers chocolate-brown, slightly glossed with 
green ; their margins huffy. The lower parts are pale reddish- 
orange, shaded on the breast with purplish-red, and thickly 
spotted with black, the number of roundish or elliptical spots on 
each feather varying from ten to twenty-five ; those on the upper 
and hind parts of the sides running into transverse bars. Axil¬ 
lary feathers, some of the lower wing-coverts, and a patch on the 
side of the rump, pure white ; lower tail coverts brownish-black. 
' u Length to end of tail, 16 inches ; to end of claws, 14} ; to 
end of wings, 14}; extent of wings, 31} ; wing from flexure, 
7j2 ; tail, 3 t 5 2 ; bill along the back, 1}; from frontal process to 
tip, 1}; tarsus, 1 J first toe and claw, ja ; middle toe and 
claw, l}f; outer toe and claw, 1 T 8 2 ; weight, 12}oz. 
u Adult Female. 
u Bill greenish-dusky. Iris hazel. Feet of a duller yellow 
than those of female ; the head and neck are pale, dull buff, lon¬ 
gitudinally marked with brownish-black lines, which are broader 
and darker on the top of the head ; the fore-parts of the cheek 
and the throat whitish, without markings. The upper parts are 
dark brown, the feathers margined with brownish-white. The 
smaller wing-coverts colored as in the male, but less brilliantly; 
no blue on the scapulars, which are also less elongated. On the 
lower parts, the feathers are dusky-brown, broadly margined 
with light brownish-gray, of which there is a streak or spot in 
the centre. The axillary feathers, and some of the lower wing- 
coverts are white, but the patch of that color, so conspicuous in 
the male, is wanting. 
u Length to end of tail, 15 inches ; to end of wings, 14}; 
to end of claws, 15}; extent of wings, 24; wing from flexure, 
7} ; tail, 2 i 3 ; bill along the ridge, 2j%; weight, 10}oz. 
