Description
Length 26 inches, including tail of about 18 inches. Sexes alike. Head, neck, and breast black, with a white patch on the nape ; remainder of lower plumage white, faintly tinged with lilac ; whole upper plumage purplish-blue, brighter on the wings and tail ; flight-feathers tipped with white, the outermost edged with thesame ; tail long and graduated, the feathers blue, broadly tipped with white, all except the very long central pair having a band of black in front of the white
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