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to the ears. The sides of the head and 

 neck, the chin, throat, and foreneck are 

 white, streaked with brown. The mantle 

 is greyish brown, each feather with a 

 dark cross-band and a pale tip. The 

 back and scapulars are dark greyish brown, 

 each feather with a large pale buff spot 

 at the tip. The feathers of the rump 

 and the upper tail-coverts are greyish 

 brown with darker centres and buff tips. 

 The tail-feathers are greyish brown, the 

 middle pair darker and with whitish tips. 

 The wing-coverts are brownish grey with 

 pale buff margins. The primaries are 

 dark grey with brown tips ; and a portion 

 of the outer web of the first five, near 

 the tip, silvery grey. The outer secondaries 

 are paler grey, forming a speculum which 

 is inconspicuous, but paler than the other 

 parts of the wing. The inner, long 

 secondaries are pale brown. The breast 

 is greyish white with partially concealed 

 brown bars. The abdomen is dull white. 

 The under tail-coverts and the sides of 

 the body are whitish barred with brown. 

 The under wing-coverts are chiefly white, 

 and the axillaries are white, barred with 

 brown at the tip. 



The adult female resembles the male, 

 but has a much shorter crest, and is not 



