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rufous brown, shading into pinkish brown on the 

 upper tail coverts ; and the tail feathers are tipped 

 with dull white, the outermost feathers with a 

 margin also of the same tint ; the wings are dark 

 brown, the primaries with white margins and tips, 

 the secondaries with rich rufous ones, the scapulars 

 rusty white ; the lesser wing coverts greyish 

 brown, the greater ones black, both tipped with 

 rufous, and the latter margined with the same. 

 The throat and breast are grey, with a rosy flush ; 

 the centre of the belly is pale buff"; the flanks are 

 rufous brown, the under tail coverts black. The 

 bill and irides are yellow. The female is not so 

 brilliantly coloured ; the black on the head and the 

 moustache are wanting, and the under tail coverts 

 are rufous. Young birds resemble the female in 

 colour, and have the crown and back streaked with 

 black. The total length of this bird is about six 

 inches. 



