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is white or very pale cream. They measure 

 from 17 to 2 in length and from 1*4 to 

 I "6 in breadth. 



This bird seems to breed everywhere 

 during June, July and August, but eggs 

 have been taken sometimes during Sep- 

 tember and October. 



The adult male and female have the 

 forehead and crown fulvous brown, darker 

 behind. The sides and back of the head 

 are fulvous grey ; the chin and throat 

 paler. The neck is grey. The breast is 

 pale orange-brown passing gradually into 

 the chestnut of the abdomen and the 

 sides of the body. The under tail-coverts 

 are whitish. The mantle is light brown, 

 the feathers edged with pale fulvous. 

 The back and scapulars are dark brown, 

 the feathers margined with bright rufous. 

 The rump is black ; the upper tail-coverts 

 chestnut ; the tail brown. The lesser and 

 middle series of wing-coverts are maroon ; 

 the lower series or greater coverts, to- 

 gether with the long inner secondaries, 

 are dark ashy. The other quills of the 

 wing are all black. The axillaries and 

 the under wing-coverts are black. 



The young bird in first plumage is 

 similar to the adult bird, but paler. 



The sexes are of much the same size. 



