Brie DO. Oo SA de OA 20 
Malay Archipelago and South Sea 
Islands. 
The species found in Samoa in 
general tone are greyish brown, the 
upper parts are barred and marked 
with black, many of the feathers 
being margined on the sides with 
whitish buff, while the breast is buff 
barred with black, and the under- 
parts rusty buff. 
It may be met with in high grass 
or in the bush. Jt comes into in- 
habited places during the morning 
and evening but returns into the 
thick bush during the middle of the 
day. 
Among the Samoans the belief 
is current, that when this bird cries 
near a house, death will come to 
some of its people. 
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