. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . rest of crop, abdomen, flanks, and S2 WATEKIIEN. thighs bluish black; under tail coverts white; undertail feathers brown. Beak and frontal plate red; feetand legs pink; iris red. The young of the year^ after the first moult, have,according to Degland, the occiput and nape yellowishbrown; upper parts brown ash, shaded here and therewith indigo blue; cheeks and neck ash, washed infront with turquoise blue; crop and abdomen ash,shaded with brown on the flanks, with whitish on theunder tail coverts, thighs, and lower
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . rest of crop, abdomen, flanks, and S2 WATEKIIEN. thighs bluish black; under tail coverts white; undertail feathers brown. Beak and frontal plate red; feetand legs pink; iris red. The young of the year^ after the first moult, have,according to Degland, the occiput and nape yellowishbrown; upper parts brown ash, shaded here and therewith indigo blue; cheeks and neck ash, washed infront with turquoise blue; crop and abdomen ash,shaded with brown on the flanks, with whitish on theunder tail coverts, thighs, and lower part of abdomen;wings dark indigo blue, with the extremity of thecoverts bordered with whitish; feet green russet. Beforethe first moult there is no blue in the plumage. My figure is taken from a specimen kindly sent meby Mr. Tristram, marked Algiers, Dec, 1855. It has also been figured by Brisson, Orn., vol. v, , fig. 1; BufFon, pi. enl. 810, under the name ofTaleve de Madagascar; Boux, Ornith. Prov.; Bouteillc,Orn. du Dauph., pi. 58; Gould, B. of E., pi.
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