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brown ; the sides of the head and the 

 whole neck pale buff, spotted and streaked 

 with brown ; the chin and the throat 

 very sparingly marked with brown. The 

 mantle, back and scapulars are dark 

 brown, with crescentic rufous bars. The 

 rump and upper tail-coverts are dark 

 brown, with pale rufous edgings and 

 angular markings on the feathers. The 

 tail is brown with pale margins. The wing 

 is very similar to that of the male, but 

 the deep black border to the quill next 

 the speculum is absent, or merely indi- 

 cated by a brown border. The breast, 

 the sides of the body, and the under tail- 

 coverts are white, with a rufous tinge, 

 mottled and streaked with brown. The 

 abdomen is whitish. It is to be noted 

 that in the female the tips to the greater 

 wing-coverts, forming a bar above the 

 speculum, is generally entirely white, and 

 seldom tinged with buff as in the male. 



In post-nuptial plumage, according to 

 Mr. De Winton, as quoted by Dr. Sharpe, 

 the male is so similar to the female, that 

 it is hardly possible to distinguish them 

 by any certain character.* 



Young birds, on moulting from the 



* According to Seebohm. however, the male, 



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