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gloss. In shape they are regular ovals 

 with one end rather sharper than the 

 other. They are of a yellowish white 

 colour, and measure from 3*1 to 3*4 in 

 length and 2*15 in breadth. 



The adult has the whole head and neck 

 very dark brown, with a chocolate tinge, 

 and often with a few white feathers at the 

 base of the bill. The upper part of the 

 mantle is brown, with a rufous tinge. 

 The lower part of the mantle, the back, 

 and the scapulars are brown, turning to 

 rufous near the end of the feather and 

 tipped with pale fulvous. The rump is 

 dark ashy, the upper tail-coverts white. 

 The tail is blackish, the feathers edged 

 and tipped with white. The upper wing- 

 coverts are greyish brown, margined more 

 or less with fulvous, according to age, the 

 lower series tipped with fulvous white. 

 The outer primaries are grey tipped with 

 black ; the inner primaries and the outer 

 secondaries uniformly blackish, the latter 

 very narrowly margined with whitish. 

 The inner secondaries are dark brown, 

 more broadly edged with whitish. The 

 whole breast is fulvous brown with pale 

 margins, causing a barred appearance. 

 The sides of the body are ashy brown, 

 each feather turning to rufous and tipped 



