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lavender would be the better term ; back and shoulders, 

 cinnamon-brown ; wings, darkish lilac-grey with an 

 olivaceous wash, thickly spotted with small white 

 spots (Mr. O. B. Cress well in Avic. Mag. for 1896, aptly 

 describes them as studded with little diamonds) ; the 

 under parts and under tail coverts are a delicate pearl- 

 grey ; the larger wing feathers are brown, witli their 

 inner webs rufous ; the central tail feathers are grey, 

 with black shafts and tips, the outer ones being pure 

 white, blackish at their base ; there is a circlet of red 

 naked skin round the eyes ; bill, olive ; legs and feet, 

 ruddy flesh colour ; iris, red. 



Adult female : Similar to the male, yet is readily 

 distinguished by the browner colouring of the head, 

 neck, and entire upper surface, also the white wing 

 spots are larger and not so numerous as those of the 

 male. 



Young: The young are almost naked when first 

 hatched, and their skin is blackish and light grey, in 

 patches ; the darker parts being principally on the 

 upper surface, the head and wings standing out much 

 darker than the rest. At three days old they are 

 covered with long blackish hairs, some being lighter 

 and of a pinkish tinge. At six days they are simply a 

 mass of spines ; at ten they are fully fledged, except 

 that the tail and flight feathers are short. They leave 

 the nest on the eleventh or twelfth day, and at four- 

 teen days are fairly strong on the wing. The plumage 

 is similar to that of the adult female, but is duller and 

 washed with tawny, the neck, breast, and under parts 

 generally are pale tawny-grey, as is also the top of the 

 head, slightly ruddy on the front of the crown ; tail 

 and flights, darker, outer tail feathers white, as in the 



