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shorter ; fourth a trifle shorter still ; fifth iirimary much shorter 

 than fourth and less than long secondaries. Primaries emarginatc, 

 2, 3, 4. Feet when outstretched reaching to about three quarters 

 of the length of the tail. 



Adult male in hreeding-plumagc. General colour above light 

 brown, shaded with ashy grey on the mantle, which is slightly 

 mottled with dusky brown centres to the feathers ; the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform brown ; lesser wiug-coverts 

 light ashy brown, median and greater coverts dark brown, margined 

 with paler and rather ru^escent brown, whiter at the ends of the 

 inner coverts ; bastard-wing blackish brown, narrowly fringed with 

 whitish at the tips; primary-coverts and quills blackish brown, 

 margined with paler brown and fringed with whitish at the tips ; 

 tail-feathers blackish brown, edged with ashy brown, the penulti- 

 mate feather with a conspicuous white tip, the outer one white, 

 smoky brown along the outer web, the inner feather obliquely 

 blackish brown for the greater part of its length ; head and hind 

 neck ashy grey, slightly streaked with dusky on the crown ; a 

 broad whitish eyebrow, pale rosy on the anterior part near the base 

 of the nostrils ; eyelid rosy white ; lores dull ashy ; ear-coverts dull 

 ashy brown, mottled with whitish below the eye ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body uniform pale rosy, whiter on the lower abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts ; flanks browner; sides of breast ashy brown ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts dull white with ashy bases ; quUls 

 duU ashy below, brighter along the inner web. Total length 6*6 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-55, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-95. 



Toimg in iv inter plumage. General colour above brown, slightly 

 mottled with darker brown centres to the feathers of the mantle and 

 back ; rump uuiform brown ; lesser wing-covei'ts light ashy brown ; 

 median and greater coverts blackish brown, margined with paler 

 brown, whitish on the inner webs ; bastard-wing feathers blackish 

 brown, edged with pale brown near their ends ; primary-coverts and 

 quills blackish brown, edged with paler brown, the primaries with 

 dull olive ; inner secondaries edged with dull white ; upper tail- 

 coverts brown, slightly mottled with darker brown centres ; tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, edged with ashy olive ; the penultimate 

 feather with a wedge-shaped spot of white at the tip ; the outer 

 feather white, wdth a slight shade of smoky brown near the end of 

 the outer web, the inner web obliquely blackish brown for the 

 greater part of its length ; crown of head rather more ashy than 

 the back and slightly mottled with darker centres to the feathers ; 

 lores dusky, surmounted by a distinct white eyebrow, fulvescent 

 anteriorly : feathers round the eye and eyelid also duE white ; ear- 

 coverts dusky brown, as also the feathers below the eye ; cheeks 

 and throat dull white, with a moustachial line of brown ; remainder 

 of under surface of body dull white, spotted with brown centres to 

 the feathers on the sides of the throat, fore neck, and chest, 

 becoming less distinct on the sides of the body and flanks ; under 

 tail-coverts rather whiter : axillaries and under wing-coverts dull 

 white, with ashy bases ; quills ashy brown below, the inner edge 



