. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . h green and purple reflections ;the lower part of the neck, breast, and scapulars are white ;the belly, vent, and flanks brownish red; the back andprimaries dusky brown; the lesser wing-coverts are pale cobaltblue ; the greater wing-coverts are tipped with white, formingthereby a white bar across the wing ; the speculum is very rich,bright green ; the rump and the upper and under tail-covertsare brown, glossed with dark blackish bronze ; the sides ofthe rump are white, the tail is dusky brown, edged withwhite, the outer feather entire
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . h green and purple reflections ;the lower part of the neck, breast, and scapulars are white ;the belly, vent, and flanks brownish red; the back andprimaries dusky brown; the lesser wing-coverts are pale cobaltblue ; the greater wing-coverts are tipped with white, formingthereby a white bar across the wing ; the speculum is very rich,bright green ; the rump and the upper and under tail-covertsare brown, glossed with dark blackish bronze ; the sides ofthe rump are white, the tail is dusky brown, edged withwhite, the outer feather entirely white; the beak is black,the legs yellowish orange, darkest on the webs ; the eyesvellow. 82 The female differs very much from the male, havingthe head pale reddish brown with dusky shaft streaks, allthe upper parts are dusky brown, with rufous white edgingsto the feathers; the under parts are rufous, with duskybrown spots ; the lesser wing-coverts tinged with pale cobaltblue ; the speculum green. The egg figured 245 is that of the 244
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidcoloured, booksubjectbirds
