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The birds of Jamaica

Note 124 — ERRATA. (continued 6)

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Length 30¼ inches, expanse 42, flexure 12½, tail 5½, breadth of beak 1, height at base 1, rictus 2¾, tarsus 2¾, middle toe 3¼. Irides dark brown; feet orange, front of tarsus, of middle and of outer toe, and claws, black; beak blackish brown, with a bar of deeper hue. Head, chin, throat, and upper neck, deep velvety purple, changeable to sea-green. Lower neck and fore-back rich chocolate, with purple gloss, separated from the purple of throat by a demi-collar of pure white. Back, wings, rump, and tail deep purple brown, with brilliant green reflexions. Secondaries and scapulars rich metallic green; the secondaries tipped with white; primaries dull black; first and fourth equal, second and third equal, longest. Breast deep chestnut, paling to greyish white on belly, sides, and vent; the feathers on the upper belly and lower breast, black-disked. Sides and vent minutely pencilled with dusky; under tail-coverts black, with green gloss. Weight 4¼ lbs.

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