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and the shaft-line black ; those on the crown of the head, nape, 

 and hind neck rich light rufous, broadly centered with blackish- 

 brown, the basal portions of all the feathers being white ; throat 

 buffy white, a broad stripe of dark ashy brown margined with 

 rufous, down the centre of each feather ; sides of the neck, bind 

 neck, and all the under surface rich rufous, being lighter on the 

 Hanks, each feather having a black shaft-liue, and a broad stripe 

 of black down the centre, washed with ashv on the sides of the 

 neck and chest, and narrowing into a shaft-line of black on the 

 lower portion of the breast and flanks ; abdomen rich rufous ; the 

 breast, centre of abdomen, and flanks, mesially shaded or faintly 

 barred with ashy broAvn on the concealed portions of the feathers ; 

 tliighs, lower part of abdomen, and under tail-coTcrts rich rufous, 

 paler in tint on the latter, with shaft-lines of a deeper rufous 

 tint ; the extreme base nf all the feathers on the under surface 

 snow-white ; under surface of the tail ashy-brown, becoming 

 ashy-white towards the base, indistinctly barred near the end 

 with blackish brown ; tail above dark brown, washed with ashy 

 on the outer webs ; margins of the inner webs fading into ashy- 

 white, freckled with brown at the base, crossed with a few indis- 

 tinct bars of brown which are wider and become blackish brow^n 

 at the tips ; tips narrowly margined with white ; upper tail-coverts 

 and rump dark brown, back and interscapular region darker 

 brown ; primaries brown, washed w^th ashy ; the tips darker, 

 base white, and the basal marginal two-thirds of the inner webs 

 as far as the notch white ; secondaries dark ashy brown, becoming 

 white freckled with brown at the base of the inner webs ; all the 

 feathers banded with blackish brown, the last band broader and 

 darker on the tips of primaries and secondaries, where they form a 

 sub-terminal blotch ; median and greater wing-coverts dull brown, 

 mesially shaded with darker brown, and washed with fulvous brown 

 on the margins; remainder of the wing-coverts above brown, 

 shaded with blackish brown at the tips, bases snow white ; under 

 surface of the primaries ashy brown, with blackish brown bars, 

 basal portion of the inner margin white ; secondaries ashy brown, 

 becoming white at the base, bars on all the quills showing 

 through ; under coverts of primaries and secondaries ashy white, 

 shaded and barred with ashy-brown, darkest at the tips, where 

 some are washed with pale rufous ; remainder of the under 

 eoverts and the axiliaries rich rufous, mesially shaded towards 

 the base with ashy brown, shafts blackish ; small marginal 

 feathers of the wing light rufous, edged with buff at the tips ; cere 

 and base of the bill flesh white, blackish at the tip ; legs and feet 

 greyish flesh colour, iris yellow. Total length 22 inches f wing 10-9 ; 

 tail slightly forked, central feathers 10-3, outer 10-9 ; tarsus 2-0, 

 bill 1-9, culmen without cere Tl ; from the angle of the mouth to 

 the base of anterior margin of nostril 95. fro'm thence to tip of 

 bill 95. 



