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bars of brownish red, which latter become broader towards the 

 tail ; the shafts yellowish. The scapulars, wing-coverts, and 

 secondary quills are darker, and more strongly marked, besides 

 being conspicuously streaked with yellowish- white, there being 

 a line of that colour along the centre of each feather. The 

 primary quills, their coverts, and the alula, are greyish-brown, 

 widely banded with greyish-yellow. The tail is brownish-red, 

 the two middle feathers and the edges of the next pair marked 

 like the back, the tips of all reddish-white. The neck, sides, 

 and breast are ash-grey, minutely undulated with blackish- 

 brown ; the feathers of the flanks with a broad subterminal 

 band of brownish-red, and white shaft-streaks ; those of the 

 sides of the rump dull yellowish-brown, also longitudinally 

 streaked, and transversely undulated with dusky. On the 

 breast is a large, recurved patch of brownish-red or chestnut, 

 margined with yellowish- white. The feathers of the abdomen, 

 the lower tail-coverts, and the inner sides of the legs pale yel- 

 lowish-grey or whitish. 



Length to end of tail 12^ inches ; extent of wings 20; wing 

 from flexure 6^ ; tail 3 ; bill along the ridge Z^, along the edge of 

 lower mandible 10^ twelfths ; tarsus 1 inch 5^ twelfths ; first toe 

 /j, its claw /ij ; second toe }§, its claw ^\ ; third toe 1 inch 3i 

 twelfths, its claw /^ ; fourth toe {|, its claw 3g twelfths. 



Female. — The female is a little smaller than the male, and 

 is similarly coloured, with the following diiferences. The yel- 

 lowish-red of the face and throat is lighter ; the crown of the 

 head is marked with small oblong yellowish- white streaks ; the 

 upper parts are darker, their bands larger, and their longitu- 

 dinal yellowish-white streaks broader ; the red patch on the 

 breast is not so large, and sometimes is reduced to a few spots 

 in the midst of a greyish-white space ; but frequently it does 

 not diifer much from that of the male. 



Length to end of tail 12 inches ; extent of wings 19 ; wing 

 along the edge 6^ ; tail 3 ; bill along the ridge j% ; tarsus 1 j% ; 

 middle toe and claw l-[\. 



Variations. — Both males and females exhibit considerable 



