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The tip of the bill is black, the base of the ui^per mandible 

 dark brown, and that of the lower, pale yellow-brown, but in 

 spring the whole becomes orange ; the lores black : the irides 

 hazel-brown : the upper part of the head ash-grey, spotted 

 with dark brown, and a white line extends on each side 

 from the nostril backward over the eye ; the neck, ear-coverts, 

 upper part of the back, rump and upper tail-coverts, ash- 

 grey ; the back, wings and wing-coverts, rich hazel-brown ; 

 greater wing-coverts edged with grey ; primaries dark slate- 

 grey, the outer edges and tips lighter, the shafts black ; the 

 slightly-forked tail nearly black above : chin and throat 

 golden-amber, streaked with black; the breast reddish-brown, 

 spotted with black ; the belly, flanks and lower tail-coverts 

 white — the two last spotted with greyish-brown and dark 

 brown ; lower wing-coverts white ; quills dark slate-grey 

 beneath : legs and toes very dark brown ; claws black. 



The whole length is fully ten inches : the wing from the 

 carpal joint, five inches and five eighths ; the second quill a 

 little longer than the fifth ; the third and fourth equal in 

 length, and the longest in the wing. 



The female has the bill darker ; the head and back less 

 pure in colour, and the legs paler. 



The young has some resemblance to the adult, but wants 

 the grey head and nape — those parts being of a dark brown, 

 and the superciliary streak is buff ; the mantle is of a deep 

 wood-brown, the feathers bearing a median streak of ochre ; 

 and the flanks are tinged with orange. 



