LAND-RAIL. 71 
inches, not quite so much; bill, pale brown at the tip, and 
along the top of the upper mandible, the base pale reddish 
yellow, and the lower mandible beneath; iris, yellowish brown; 
over the eye is a greyish ash-coloured streak, blending with 
the colours on either side, and so going down the neck. The 
head on the sides, greyish ash-colour; on the crown, neck on 
the back, and nape, the feathers have dusky shaft streaks, 
the rest of the centres brown, and the edges yellow tinged 
with brown, or a tint of olive green; neck on the sides, 
tinged with greyish ash-colour; chin, yellowish white; throat, 
white tinted with grey; breast above, pale buff or yellowish 
brown, tinged with ash grey, with bars of brown and reddish 
white on the sides, which are reddish orange; below, the 
breast is nearly white with a tint of red. The feathers of 
the back are pale yellowish brown, each with a very dark 
brown central streak, and a slight tinge of olive green. 
The axillary feathers are orange brown; greater and lesser 
wing coverts, rich golden chesnut brown; primaries, dull 
reddish brown; tertiaries, pale yellowish bay brown, streaked 
along the centres with very dark brown. The tail has the 
feathers dark brown along their centres, edged with pale 
yellowish brown; upper tail coverts, also dark along the 
centres of the feathers, the edges being pale yellowish bay 
brown; under tail coverts, pale buff or reddish brown, with 
bars of darker reddish brown and reddish white. The legs 
and toes, which are long, are pale dull yellowish, with a 
tint of reddish brown or grey. 
The female is not quite so large. The head on the sides 
has less grey and not so clear. The greater and lesser wing 
eoverts are not so bright in colour. 
The young are at first covered with black down. 
