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same size with which it associates, in consequence of 
the very distinct black and white markings about the 
head and breast. The beak is black at the tip, orange- 
yellow at the base; the irides brown; just over the 
beak, from thence under the eyes to and including 
the ear-coverts, is a distinct black band; the forehead 
is white; over the white from eye to eye is another 
black band, and behind the eye a small patch of 
white; top of the head greyish brown; chin, throat, 
sides of the neck and a small streak round the back 
of the neck white; under this small streak of white 
is a smaller streak of black extending to the breast, 
which is black: back, scapulars, rump, tail and 
lesser wing-coverts greyish brown; the greater wing- 
coverts are the same colour, but tipped with white, 
which, with some white near the base of the primary 
quills and a few of the exterior tertials (which are 
white also), makes a conspicuous band of white 
across the open wing; the rest of the quills are 
dark dusky, nearly black; the tertials nearest the 
back are nearly the same colour as that part, but 
perhaps a shade darker; the two centre tail-feathers 
are dusky towards the tip, except a very small spot 
of dirty white at the tip, the base inclines more to 
the colour of the back; there is a distinct white spot 
on the tip of the next feather on each side, and the 
white occupies a greater space on each feather 
towards the outside; the outside feathers quite 
white; belly and all the rest of the under parts pure 
