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black, except a white streak, which extends from the 
base of the lower mandible down the sides of the 
throat till it joins a white collar, which extends 
from the nape of the neck to the breast; back and 
scapulars reddish rusty, with black centres to the 
feathers; rump and tail-coverts bluish grey, with 
dark centres to the feathers, and very slight margins 
of light rusty; lesser wing-coverts chestnut-red, with 
a black spot near the centre of each feather; greater 
coverts nearly black, rather broadly margined with 
reddish rusty; primary and secondary quills dark 
dusky, almost black, with very slight light rusty 
margins; the tertials have the centres black, with 
broad margins, especially on the outer web, of red- 
dish rusty; the two centre feathers of the tail dusky, 
with broad margins of brown; the rest of the 
feathers, except the two outside ones, dark dusky, 
almost black; outside feathers white, except a spot 
of dusky towards the tip; the next has the outer web, 
and a small spot towards the tip of the inner, dusky ; 
the rest of the inner web white; throat and breast 
black; belly and flanks dull grey, streaked mostly 
on the flanks with brown; under tail-coverts nearly 
white. In autumn, after the moult, the black feathers 
of the head and breast and the white feathers of the 
collar are broadly margined with rusty, so much so as 
almost to hide the two distinguishing colours of the 
head and neck; legs, toes and claws brown. The 
female has the head rusty brown, the centres of the 
