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ome richer, and the rump and upper
rrupted bar of black near the tip; primaries dark brown,
and irregular markings of buff; two central tail-feathers
and brownish olive, largely blotched and «spotted Wien
with deep buff and rich chestnut, bounded above

kled; on the lower part of the back, the buff bars bec

with a narrow inte

freckled bars

minutely frec
tail-coverts are rich rusty,
partially margined and crossed by
alternately barred with pale bufty yellow

brown; the lateral tail-feathers are alternately barred
and below with broad irregular marks of blackish brown; throat and breast yellowish ash-colour, crossed

with a few curved black bars ; abdomen dark brown 5 feathers clothing the thighs and vent yellowish
brown, with irregular marks of brown in the centre of each; bill pale greenish olive-colour ; cere scarlet ;
orbits bright red, inclining to purple ; irides brown; legs and feet bluish white.

The female generally resembles the male, but is of smaller size and is destitute of the crest and spurs, has
much more rufous on the feathers of the back and wings, each of which, moreover, has a line of buff down
the shaft ; she is destitute of the rufous hue on the rump, but, on the other hand, has the abdomen of that
ark markings of the breast of a striated instead of a barred form; the

tint, though not so bright, and the d
much less brilliant, and their freckling of a more

barrings of the tail, too, are less distinct, their hue 1s

minute kind.
The Plate represents the two sexes, nearly of the natural size.

 

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