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and fulvous. The remainder of the head 

 and the whole neck is fulvous, streaked 

 with black. The whole breast, the sides 

 of the body, and the under tail-coverts 

 are fulvous with large brown spots and 

 streaks. The abdomen is white. The 

 a^illaries and the under wing-coverts are 

 pure white. The mantle, back, upper 

 tail-coverts and scapulars are black, 

 the feathers with broad bright fulvous 

 margins and concealed diagonal bars. 

 The rump is black, irregularly barred 

 with fulvous. The tail is brown, tipped 

 paler and with diagonal fulvous bars. 

 The first or upper series of wing-coverts 

 is brown with whitish margins. The 

 second or middle series is similar, but 

 intermixed with a few chestnut feathers. 

 The third or lower series is ashy on its 

 outer half, black on its inner half The 

 primaries resemble those of the male. 

 The first seven or eight secondaries 

 are brown, progressively turning darker 

 or blackish as they approach the body, 

 and tipped with white; the next two or 

 three secondaries are white on the outer 

 web, forming a large patch. The inner, 

 long secondaries are brown, narrowly 

 margined with whitish. 



Young birds in their first plumage very 



