feather, those on the mantle being round and those on the back triangular-shaped; wing-coverts and
secondaries dark glossy bronzy purple, with a spot of white surrounded with black at the tip o f each
feather; greater coverts brown, edged with rufous, with white shafts ending, in a spot bounded with black
at the t ip ; primaries and secondaries dark brown with paler edges; tail blackish brown; throat-feathers
black, tipped with huffy white; breast and abdomen deep buff", each feather with a small, nearly triangularshaped
spot o f black at the tip ; lower part o f the abdomen and thighs dark chestnut, each feather obscurely
tipped with black, within which is a bar of buff; under tail-coverts dark chestnut, indistinctly spotted like
the back ; bill and feet dark olive-brown.
The female has the head dark brown, streaked on the sides with reddish buff; ear-coverts reddish
brown; a streak from the angle of the bill and the chin pale buffy white; general plumage dark brown,
with still darker edges; breast buffy brown.
The front figure on the accompanying Plate represents a male o f the natural size; the other figures, a
male and a female, reduced to about one-half.
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