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streak over each eye; nape reddish rusty, with a 
black streak in the centre of each feather; all the 
rest of the upper parts bluish grey, with a narrow 
black streak in the centre of each feather; quills 
dusky, very slightly tipped with dirty white; tail 
bluish grey, slightly barred with a darker shade, a 
broad black band at the end, tips whitish; throat 
white, with a few narrow dark streaks; under parts 
orange rusty, streaked and spotted with brown and 
white; elongated feathers on the thighs the same, 
narrowly streaked with brown. 
The female is very different in appearance, as 
will appear by the following description, which 
I have taken from Meyer’s ‘ British Birds: ’— 
“The grey colour, which is so prevalent in the plu- 
mage of the male, is only perceptible in that of the 
female upon the scapulars and wing-coverts, where 
it occupies the centre of each feather: these feathers 
are bordered with rufous and have black shafts. 
The greater coverts of the wing and the upper 
coverts of the tail are brown, bordered with dirty 
yellowish white. The tail is greyish brown, tipped 
with yellowish white and crossed with fine yellow- 
white bars. The throat is plain white; the ring 
round the neck, the breast and under parts are yel- 
lowish white, streaked and spotted with dusky ; nape 
of the neck and thighs tinged with rufous. The 
crown of the head and nape are rich reddish brown, 
with dusky streaks down the shafts of the feathers ; 
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