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under this from above the eye, and down the hinder 
part of the side of the neck is a streak of white ; 
the cheeks, sides, and front of the neck are reddish 
brown, thickly streaked with white; the chin is black; 
back, rump and tail-coverts, and some of the scapu- 
lars, dusky in the centres, margined with palish hair- 
brown ; from the scapulars arise some long narrow 
feathers which hang down over the wing,—these have 
a streak of white in the centre which is bordered 
with black, shaded to grey on the outer web; the 
lesser wing-coverts are pale grey; the greater coverts 
darker, tinged with brown and tipped with white; 
the primary quills dusky brown; the speculum on 
the secondaries small, and not very bright, green,— 
these feathers are narrowly margined with white, 
some of the tertials are dark brown and others pale 
grey margined with white; the tail the same as the 
primary quills; the breast is dark brown, almost 
black, thickly marked with semicircular bands of 
pale reddish brown; the flanks, thighs and vent 
white, pencilled with black ; between the thighs and 
under tail-coverts is a narrow white band ; the under 
tail-coverts white, spotted with black; legs, toes and 
webs greyish brown. The female has the head and 
back of the neck very dark brown, mottled with pale 
brown; just over the eye is a pale yellowish white 
streak; the cheeks and sides of the neck are pale 
whitish brown, streaked with dark brown; the 
feathers of the back, scapulars, rump and tail-coverts 
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