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tips, preceded by a black bar. The 

 lower plumage is pale fulvous or buff, 

 the breast generally tinged with grey. 

 The feathers under the tail are 

 white. 



The female has every portion of the 

 upper plumage, together with the visible 

 portions of the closed wings, fulvous 

 streaked or barred with dark slaty. The 

 quills of the wing are dark brown, all but 

 the first three or four tipped with whitish. 

 The tail-feathers are fulvous barred with 

 black and tipped with white. The sides 

 of the head are grey; the throat, ex- 

 tending to the sides of the neck and 

 forming a collar, very pale saffron-yellow. 

 The lower plumage is pale fulvous irregu- 

 larly barred with dark slaty, the bars being 

 strong and frequent on the breast, but 

 interrupted and few on the belly. The 

 feathers under the tail are white. 



Length about 1 1 ; wing about 7 ; tail 

 up to 3|. The weight of the bird shot 

 at Fort Jamrud, as mentioned above, 

 was 84 oz. 



