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with black ; the inner elongated secondaries, which are 

 coloured like the back, have also their margins spotted with 

 dusky. The primary coverts are brownish-black ; the secon- 

 dary coverts are greyish-brown, white at the end, and barred 

 with dusky. The sides of the head are light brownish-grey, 

 streaked with darker grey ; the lore of a deeper tint ; and a 

 pale band over the eye. The throat is whitish ; but the 

 sides and fore part of the neck, and the sides of the breast, 

 are pale grey, each feather with a slender medial streak of a 

 deeper colour ; the rest of the lower parts white ; but the 

 feathers of the hind part of the sides and the lower tail- 

 coverts barred with dusky grey. 



Length to end of tail 11^- inches; extent of wings 21; 

 wing from flexure 6^; tail 2\^ ; bill along the ridge 1^, 

 along the edge of lower mandible ly^; bare part of tibia \%; 

 tarsus 1\% ; hind toe ^j, its claw -^ ; second toe if, its claw 

 -fa > third toe 1 jV? its claw -^ ; fourth toe lj 1 ^, its claw 1 2 J . 



Female in Winter. — The female, which is a little 

 larger than the male, presents no external characters by 

 which she may be distinguished. 



Length to end of tail 12 j inches ; extent of wings 22 ; 

 bill along the ridge l^j-, along the edge of lower mandible 

 1-j^ ; wing from flexure 6^ ; tail 3 ; tarsus l^- 1 ; first toe -^j, 

 its claw -j2y; second toe \^, its claw ^j; third toe 1-,^, its 

 claw -j 3 ^; fourth toe \^, its claw -^. 



In another individual the length is 12^ inches; extent 

 of wings 23; bill along the ridge lyV; wing from flexure 

 6 j-| ; tail -^ ; bare part of tibia \% ; tarsus 1-j- 1 ; middle toe 

 l-j%, its claw -j 3 ^. 



Variations. — Adult individuals vary little in colour, 

 unless in the degree of distinctness of the dusky markings. 

 The wing-coverts and scapulars are always more or less 

 margined with dark spots. Many individuals have the 

 upper parts of the head and neck quite free of dusky streaks, 

 and the hind part of the back purely white. Considerable 

 differences in size are observed. 



