. A general history of birds . lining to orange beneath, beset at thebase with black bristles, two or three of which are nearly the lengthof the bill; nostrils oval, not far from the base; the head, neck, andupper half of the back, are black, with a bluish gloss, in some lights;from under the ears, across the throat, a broad crescent of crimson ;the breast and all the under parts are also crimson, as are the lowerhalf of the back, rump, and upper tail coverts; wings and tail ingeneral, black ; six or seven of the scapulars are white on the outerwebs, forming a patch of white streaks, and part
. A general history of birds . lining to orange beneath, beset at thebase with black bristles, two or three of which are nearly the lengthof the bill; nostrils oval, not far from the base; the head, neck, andupper half of the back, are black, with a bluish gloss, in some lights;from under the ears, across the throat, a broad crescent of crimson ;the breast and all the under parts are also crimson, as are the lowerhalf of the back, rump, and upper tail coverts; wings and tail ingeneral, black ; six or seven of the scapulars are white on the outerwebs, forming a patch of white streaks, and part of the outer edgeof wing is also white; tail much rounded, the two middle featherstwo inches long, the exterior only one; on the two outer, about themiddle, an oval spot of white on the outer web; the quills reachscarcely to the base of the tail; legs pale blue; claws flattened onthe sides. Inhabits India. One of these in the collection of the late GeneralDavies had the bill and legs black; it is figured also among the PI ///,///- /■///ft-/ • ///// TODY. 95 drawings of the late Sir John Anstruther; a second, supposed todiffer in sex, had the head, neck, and the whole of the breast, theupper part of the back, the wings and tail, black; on the throat abroad crescent of crimson, extending on each side, under the ear;lower belly, vent, lower part of the back, rump, and upper tailcoverts, crimson; in other respects answering to the former description,and several of the scapulars marked with white as in the other; theedge of the middle of the wing yellow, which in the other is white. When we described the one from the Leverian Museum, fromwhich our figure in the Synopsis was taken, the bird was supposedto be unique, and no doubt but the tail in that specimen was imper-fect, for having met with more than one since, we have found thatpart to be much rounded at the end. We have also seen various drawings done in India, both in thecollection of Sir J. Anstruther, and Lord Valen
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