Bill light greyish-blue, with a broad band of black at the end, and a dusky patch anterior to the nostrils. Iris orange-yellow. Head and neck all round, for more than half its length of a rich brownish-red, glossed with carmine above. A broad belt of brownish-black occupies the lower part of the neck, and the fore part of the body, of which the posterior part is of the same colour, more extended on the back than under the tail. Back and scapulars pale greyish-white, very minutely traversed by dark brownish-grey lines; the sides and abdomen similar, the undulations gradually fading away into the greyish-white of the middle of the breast; upper wing-coverts brownish-grey, the feathers faintly undulated with whitish toward the end. Primary quills brownish-grey, dusky along the outer web and at the end; secondaries ash-grey, narrowly tipped with white, the outer faintly tinged with yellow, and almost imperceptibly dotted with whitish, four or five of the inner of a purer tint tinged with blue, and having a narrow brownish-black line along the margin; the innermost like the scapulars but more dusky. Tail brownish-grey, towards the end lighter. Axillar feathers and lower wing-coverts white. Feet dull greyish-blue, the webs dusky, the claws black. Length to end of tail 20 inches, to end of wings 18-1/2, to end of claws 22; extent of wings 33; wing from flexure 9-2/12; tail 2-8/12; bill along the ridge 2, from the tips of the frontal processes 2-4/12; tarsus 1-1/2, first toe and claw 10/12; second toe 1-10/12, its claw (5-1/2)/12, third toe 2-5/12, its claw (4-1/2)/12; fourth toe 2-6/12, its claw (3-1/2)/12. Weight 2-1/2 lb. Adult Female. Plate CCCXXII. Fig. 2. The female has the bill of a dusky bluish-grey, with a broad band of black at the end, and a narrow transverse blue line, narrower than in the male. Iris yellow. Feet as in the male, the head and upper part of the neck dull reddish-brown, darker above, and lighter on the fore part of the cheeks and along a streak behind the eye. The rest of the neck all round, and the upper parts in general, are dull greyish-brown, the feathers paler at their extremity; the flanks and fore part of the neck dull reddish-brown, the feathers broadly tipped with pale greyish-brown. The wings are as in the male, but of a darker tint, and without undulations. The tail as in the male. Lower wing-coverts light grey, those in the middle white; middle of breast greyish-white, hind part of abdomen light brownish-grey. Length to end of tail 21 inches, to end of claws 23-1/2; extent of wings 32-1/2. Weight 2 lb. 7 oz. The following account of the digestive organs is taken from a _British specimen_, an adult male, examined by Mr MACGILLIVRAY in March 1836.