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by White, while another in his collection is "mottled nearly all 

 over with two shades of orange-brown : long diameter two 

 inches and one line ; transverse diameter one inch nine lines." 



Two young birds seen by AVillughby were " covered with a 

 white down, spotted with black. Their feet were of a pale yel- 

 low ; their bills between the nostrils and the head, white." 

 Beyond this, I apprehend, there is little certainty, for the 

 young partially or fully fledged have not, it would appear, been 

 described from observation. It may however be expedient to 

 adjoin the following notice by M. Temminck. " The young 

 of the year have the cere yellow, and the iris light-brown ; the 

 head spotted with white and brown ; the lower part of the body 

 of a reddish- white with large brown spots ; the feathers of the 

 upper parts margined with reddish. 



" The female and the young have only greyish-blue on the 

 forehead ; the fore part of the neck marked with large spots of 

 light-brown ; breast and belly of a yellowish-red with spots of 

 deep brown; upper parts of a reddish-brown with darker spots; 

 often the lower part of the body whitish with spots of reddish- 

 brown." 



