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of about two inches with a narrow irregular band of black and a second broader and
space between the bands being of a similar but paler tint than
moreover, becomes broader, and gradually blends with
on some the intermediate pale band is

crossed at intervals
more decided band of the same colour, the
of the feather; the second band of black,
as they approach the extremity ;
ked like the upper, but the bordering is not luminous, and terminates
he sides of the abdomen, is a narrow line of white; eye-

the body
the general colour of the feathers
white; feathers of the under surface mar
in dull grey, within which, on the lower part of t

orbits red; bill horn-colour ; feet bluish horn-colour.
The female has a patch of dark brown at the back of the head, with a narrow bordering of rufous at the

end of each feather ; feathers of the head and upper surface generally mottled with rufous, with a narrow
ng of black at the tip, and with a stripe down the centre, which on the sides of the neck and shoulders is
d upper tail-coverts deep rust-red, each feather faintly
marked at the tip with black and white, as in the male,
ff; feathers of the under surface brown, largely

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white, and on the other parts deep buff; rump an
barred with dark brown ; some of the wing-coverts

but the marks are broader and not so pure; throat deep bu
striped down the centre, and tipped, with pale or creamy buff, and bordered on each side with tawny; tail

short, central feathers greyish brown, freckled with dark brown; lateral feathers rufous, crossed obliquely
near the tip with dark brown, beyond which the end is white.
The Plate represents the two sexes, about two-thirds of the natural size.