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lower back and rump, deep chestnut, lesser wing- 

 coverts, brown ; median and greater coverts, blackish 

 brown, edged with greyish- olive, lighter at the ends ; 

 primary coverts and flights, blackish brown, edged 

 with ashy, the primaries have whitish margins with a 

 small spot of white at the base; upper tail coverts, 

 ashy-olive, with pale chestnut edges ; tail feathers, 

 blackish-brown, margined with pale brown and having 

 paler tips, the centre feathers are washed with ashy- 

 grey ; crown of the head, brown, with a ruddy tinge 

 on the forehead ; lores, dusky ; ear-coverts, pale 

 brown, with light shaft streaks ; cheeks, entire under 

 surface of body, and under tail-coverts, bright chest 

 nut ; thighs, chestnut brown ; there is a small patch 

 or spot of white at the base of the cheeks ; beak, 

 black ; legs and feet, blackish. Total length 4 in,, 

 tail I J in. 



Adult female : Upper surface, dusky brown, 

 slightly tinged with olive ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and lesser wing-coverts, dusky brown ; median and 

 greater coverts, and secondaries, dark brown edged 

 with bufiiish ochre; primaries, dark brown edged 

 with olive ; tail feathers, dark brown with light tips 

 and edged with olive ; crown of the head, dusky 

 brown ; lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks and 

 under surface of body, brownish ochre, the throat and 

 upper neck are paler and washed with ashy-grey; ab- 

 domen, whitish buff; sides, flanks, thighs and under 

 tail - coverts, huffish ochre. Total length 3f in. full, 

 tail I J in. full. 



The above descriptions are from living specimens 

 at the London Zoo. 



"The size of the white wing-spot varies greatly, 



