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December, at which time I killed
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Maya or Indian name of this bird is
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ck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts dark brown, with buff,

« The female has the top of the head, back o
edges of wing-coverts very light buff, almost white ; throat, chin, line

extending across the forehead, and between the bill and eyes to cheek, line over eyes, along superciliary
ridges to nape, deep buff or yellowish brown ; feathers of the breast, flanks and belly not fringed with here
as in the male, but having light reddish colour at the part next the quill, then a pointed mark of very ae

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ack, then a large spot of very light buff on some feathers white, then a
The light spots on the breast are smaller than those on the abdomen
dark brown on flank-feathers; under tail-coverts nearly white, with

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reddish brown and black intermixed ;

brown on some feathers almost bl
slight tip of dark brown on margin.
There are large spots of reddish and
a lanceolate spot of dark brown or black along the middle of each; legs light flesh-coloured ; primaries ash-
brown; eyes of both male and female hazel.”

Habitat. Honduras and Yucatan.
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