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to i'5 in length, and from '89 to i"o5 in 

 breadth. 



The male has a broad buff band extend- 

 ing from the forehead over the middle of 

 the crown to the back of the head. On 

 either side of this band there is another, 

 black mottled with white ; and another 

 band again, dark brown. The eye is 

 surrounded by a buff ring, which is con- 

 tinued back as a band over the ear- 

 coverts. The whole hindneck is ashy 

 brown, barred with black, the feathers 

 very narrowly tipped with white. The 

 mantle and back are similar, but with the 

 black bars fewer in number and much 

 broader, and the pale tips more con- 

 spicuous ; the outer feathers of the back 

 broadly margined with buff on the outer 

 web. The scapulars are ashy brown, 

 blotched with black and narrowly tipped 

 with white. The rump is bluish grey, 

 barred with narrow black lines and slightly 

 mottled with white. The upper tail- 

 coverts are bluish grey, barred with black, 

 and some of the feathers with large, 

 double spots of buff. The tail-feathers 

 are bluish grey with narrow wavy black 

 bars, and broad buff bands. The upper 

 wing-coverts are bluish grey, but this 

 colour is in many places almost obliterated 



