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Remsen,
XV.
1976
[illegible] headed Gall
whambiv extensus ridibundus
Arzola [real]
[illegible] for this, the head is mostly bluish gray, especially on
the crown where it was darkest. The forehead and an
area behind the eye were dark but - broadly plumy
and not complete - there was a white patch which
I could tell if it was complete. The bill was
shining tomaceous first to
off which shined slightly with sheen of chestnut-brown to reddish
brown depending on the light.
shining off, otherwise quite smooth and polished and
you had all male subadults in my opinion, adults and
birds of both sexes, tilting it was great for the moment,
if you could not see the white patch behind which should not be interpreted as a sex feature - we never
had one. It would certainly satisfy any study of
the...